IPython/utils/shimmodule.py

"""A shim module for deprecated imports
"""
# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.

import sys
import types

from .importstring import import_item


class ShimImporter(object):
    """Import hook for a shim.
    
    This ensures that submodule imports return the real target module,
    not a clone that will confuse `is` and `isinstance` checks.
    """
    def __init__(self, src, mirror):
        self.src = src
        self.mirror = mirror
    
    def _mirror_name(self, fullname):
        """get the name of the mirrored module"""
        
        return self.mirror + fullname[len(self.src):]

    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
        """Return self if we should be used to import the module."""
        if fullname.startswith(self.src + '.'):
            mirror_name = self._mirror_name(fullname)
            try:
                mod = import_item(mirror_name)
            except ImportError:
                return
            else:
                if not isinstance(mod, types.ModuleType):
                    # not a module
                    return None
                return self

    def load_module(self, fullname):
        """Import the mirrored module, and insert it into sys.modules"""
        mirror_name = self._mirror_name(fullname)
        mod = import_item(mirror_name)
        sys.modules[fullname] = mod
        return mod


class ShimModule(types.ModuleType):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self._mirror = kwargs.pop("mirror")
        src = kwargs.pop("src", None)
        if src:
            kwargs['name'] = src.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
        super(ShimModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        # add import hook for descendent modules
        if src:
            sys.meta_path.append(
                ShimImporter(src=src, mirror=self._mirror)
            )
    
    @property
    def __path__(self):
        return []
    
    @property
    def __spec__(self):
        """Don't produce __spec__ until requested"""
        return __import__(self._mirror).__spec__

    def __getattr__(self, key):
        # Use the equivalent of import_item(name), see below
        name = "%s.%s" % (self._mirror, key)
        try:
            return import_item(name)
        except ImportError:
            raise AttributeError(key)