def import_protocol_string(string,namespace,module=None):
"""Dynamically load extprot protocol objects into the given namespace.
This function dynamically compiles the protocol definitions found in
the string 'string' and loads the resulting objects into 'namespace'.
If the optional argument 'module' is provided, this string will be
set as the __module__ attribute of the created type classes. You'll
need to use this if you want them to be picklable.
"""
from extprot.compiler import NamespaceCompiler
nsc = NamespaceCompiler(module=module)
nsc.compile_string(string)
for (n,v) in nsc.namespace.iteritems():
namespace[n] = v
def import_protocol(filename,namespace,module=None):
"""Dynamically load extprot protocol objects into the given namespace.
This function dynamically compiles the protocol definitions found in
the file 'filename' and loads the resulting objects into 'namespace'.
If the optional argument 'module' is provided, this string will be
set as the __module__ attribute of the created type classes. You'll
need to use this if you want them to be pickleable.
If the protocol file is fairly static then you may prefer to compile it
into a python module, so it can be imported directly without any parsing
overhead. The function extprot.compile_protocol() can be used for this.
"""
from extprot.compiler import NamespaceCompiler
nsc = NamespaceCompiler(module=module)
nsc.compile(filename)
for (n,v) in nsc.namespace.iteritems():
namespace[n] = v
