import string
from importlib import import_module
from dowhy.interpreter import Interpreter
[docs]def get_class_object(method_name, *args, **kwargs):
# from https://www.bnmetrics.com/blog/factory-pattern-in-python3-simple-version
try:
module_name = method_name
class_name = string.capwords(method_name, "_").replace('_', '')
interpreter_module = import_module('.' + module_name, package="dowhy.interpreters")
interpreter_class = getattr(interpreter_module, class_name)
assert issubclass(interpreter_class, Interpreter)
except (AttributeError, AssertionError, ImportError):
raise ImportError('{} is not an existing interpreter.'.format(method_name))
return interpreter_class