`blocks.utils.reflection`¶

Functions¶

try_import(): Try to import and return the specified class. If it fails return an empty class instead.

blocks.utils.reflection.try_import(class_fqn)[source]¶

Try to import and return the specified class. If it fails return an empty class instead.

example usage with hipipe dataset¶

import blocks as bl

class OdoCapDataset(bl.utils.try_import('my_module.Dataset'),
                    bl.datasets.RectangleRPNDataset,
                    metaclass=bl.utils.classmaker()):

Parameters: class_fqn (str) – class fully qualified name
Return type: type
Returns: specified class or an empty class