Re: [Jython-users] Works in cpython, __import__ and more package names

[Kent J. <ke...@td...>]

Berlin Brown wrote:
>>>a = __import__("xml.dom.xmlbuilder", {}, {}, True)
>>>print a
> 
> 
> This code works in python but doesnt seem to work in jython22a0, is
> there an equivalent to dynamically load classes and Files?

__import__ works in Jython. The module xml.dom.xmlbuilder does not exist in Jython and the last argument to __import__ should be a list.

>>> __import__('string', {}, {}, [])
<module 'string' from 'C:\Downloads\Java\jython-2.2a1\Lib\string.py'>

Kent