doImport

lsst.daf.butler.core.utils.doImport(pythonType)

Import a python object given an importable string and return the type object

Parameters:

pythonType : str

String containing dot-separated path of a Python class, module, or member function.

Returns:

type : type

Type object. Either a module or class or a function.

Raises:

TypeError

pythonType is not a str.

ModuleNotFoundError

No module in the supplied import string could be found.

ImportError

pythonType is found but can not be imported or the requested item could not be retrieved from the imported module.