Since everything in python is an object, i was wondering if there was a way i could initialise a class object using the name of the class
for example,
class Foo:
"""Class Foo"""
How could i access this class by "Foo", ie something like c = get_class("Foo")
If the class is in your scope:
get_class = lambda x: globals()[x]
If you need to get a class from a module, you can use getattr:
import urllib2
handlerClass = getattr(urllib2, 'HTTPHandler')
Have you heard of the inspect module?
Check out this snippet I found.
I think your searching reflection see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_%28computer_science%29#Python
Or a better Example from the german wikipedia:
>>> # the object
>>> class Person(object):
... def __init__(self, name):
... self.name = name
... def say_hello(self):
... return 'Hallo %s!' % self.name
...
>>> ute = Person('Ute')
>>> # direct
>>> print ute.say_hello()
Hallo Ute!
>>> # Reflexion
>>> m = getattr(ute, 'say_hello')()
>>> # (equals ute.say_hello())
>>> print m
Hallo Ute!
from http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexion_%28Programmierung%29#Beispiel_in_Python
