Creating class instance from module and class name

[gentlestone]

On 6. Okt, 08:55 h., Steven D'Aprano
<ste... at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:32:27 -0700, gentlestone wrote:
> > Suppose I've saved the class name and (don't know how) I've also saved
> > the Class's module (package path or I don't know what's the name for XYZ
> > "from X.Y.Z import ...). How can I construct a new class according to
> > saved informations? If I don't know what Class it could be, only I have
> > the saved Class name?
>
> If you have the module *object*, and the name of the class, then you can
> do this:
>
> theclass = getattr(module, "MyClass")
>
> to get the class itself, and then call it as normal to instantiate it:
>
> instance = theclass(args)
>
> Classes are just like any other object in that regard.
>
> If you have the *name* of the module, you can import it first to get the
> module object:
>
> module = __import__('module_name')
> theclass = getattr(module, "MyClass")
> instance = theclass(args)
>
> There may be some complications if you have a dotted package name, in
> which case the docs for __import__ are your friend :)
>
> --
> Steven

thx for help

one more question - __class__ is the way for getting the classname
from the class instance -
how can I get the module name?