text: Q:
  
  Dynamically import class by name for static access
  
  I am generating class names dynamically and then want to import that class by its name to access a static method.
  This is the class to import in "the_module.py":
  class ToImport(object):
  
      @classmethod
      def initialize(cls, parameter):
          print parameter
  
  According to a Blog post this is as far as I came:
  theModule = __import__("the_module")
  toImport = getattr(theModule, "ToImport")
  toImport.initialize("parameter")
  
  But the blog example seems to be incomplete as it gives me a module object without my desired class ToImport. Looking at the __import__() documentation shows me that there are more optional attributes to the function. I succeeded with
  theModule = __import__("the_module", globals(), locals(), ["ToImport"])
  
  Why do I have to give the fromlist attribute? Can't I import all the modules attributes?
  
  A:
  
  I have done exactly what you did and I retrieved the class.
  In [1]: theModule = __import__("the_module")
  
  In [2]: toImport = getattr(theModule, "ToImport")
  
  In [3]: toImport.initialize("parameter")
  parameter
  
  I am using Python 2.6.4. Could you explain further, what exactly doesn't work for you?
  
  