Factory for creating objects. Arguments are passed directly to the
    constructor of the chosen class.

def factory(type, module=None, **kwargs):
    """
    Factory for creating objects. Arguments are passed directly to the
    constructor of the chosen class.
    """
    cls = type
    if module is None: module = __name__
    fn = lambda member: inspect.isclass(member) and member.__module__==module
    classes = odict(inspect.getmembers(sys.modules[module], fn))
    members = odict([(k.lower(),v) for k,v in classes.items()])
    lower = cls.lower()
    if lower not in list(members.keys()):
        msg = "Unrecognized class: %s.%s"%(module,cls)
        raise KeyError(msg)
    return members[lower](**kwargs)