From 907db555b4c84cde8e69db3c0390e50024d37f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@bnl.gov>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:06:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] module import helper

---
 devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py   |  4 ++--
 devsupApp/src/devsup/util.py | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py b/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
index 4017cae..c337682 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
+++ b/devsupApp/src/devsup/db.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import threading, sys, traceback, time
 
-from devsup.util import Worker
+from devsup.util import Worker, importmod
 
 try:
     import _dbapi
@@ -326,5 +326,5 @@ def processLink(name, lstr):
     rec = getRecord(name)
     parts = lstr.split(None,1)
     modname, args = parts[0], parts[1] if len(parts)>1 else None
-    mod = __import__(modname, fromlist=['__should_not_exist'])
+    mod = importmod(modname)
     return rec, mod.build(rec, args)
diff --git a/devsupApp/src/devsup/util.py b/devsupApp/src/devsup/util.py
index 2907112..1ef5fdd 100644
--- a/devsupApp/src/devsup/util.py
+++ b/devsupApp/src/devsup/util.py
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import queue
 
+def importmod(modname):
+    """Import the named python module(s)
+    add return the leaf.
+    
+    >>> M=importmod('xml.sax')
+    >>> M.__name__
+    'xml.sax'
+    >>>
+    """
+    return __import__(modname, fromlist=['__should_not_exist'])
+
 class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
     """A thread which can be requested to stop.