[IronPython] Dynamically import namespace from C# DLL

[Dino Viehland]

You can call __import__ directly and then use getattr() to get the values, such as:

getattr(__import__('System'), 'Collections')

__import__ returns the top-level namespace so you'll need to handle each dot yourself.

From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Danny Fernandez
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:37 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: [IronPython] Dynamically import namespace from C# DLL

I am trying to figure out how to import types from a namesapce at run time. I can do a from ... import * but my goal is only to
to import the types only when I need access to those types from a namespace and the namespace is not known until it is calculated by
a request.
I tried the simpliest and straightforward

namespace = "A.B.C.TargetNameSpace"
from namespace import *

but that didn't work.  I tried to figure out maybe I can leverage reflection. I was able to get all the types from a given namespace
but I was stuck trying to expose these types to my other parts of my script.  I'm using 2.6.1. with .NET 3.5.

I appreciate any feeback.

Danny
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