Re: [Jython-users] sys.meta_path not working for Java modules?

[Geoff B. <geo...@gm...>]

That would be one way to go, though it would require rewriting code
that works fine under CPython. As I understand things, this is the
"old way" to do it and sys.meta_path was introduced to make doing this
sort of thing simpler and easier. Some of the problems with using
__import__ are listed in the original PEP here:

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0302

I'd like to establish whether this is a bug in Jython first, anyway...

Regards,
Geoff

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Pierre Thibault
<pie...@gm...> wrote:
> And what about changing the function at __builtins__.__import__ for your
> own?
>
> 2011/4/15 Geoff Bache <geo...@gm...>
>>
>> Well yes, if all I wanted to do was add an extra location to the
>> search path. But I'm trying to intercept and monitor the import
>> mechanism (to help write CaptureMock, my capture-replay mocking
>> framework). sys.meta_path is a documented part of Python and appeared
>> to work in Jython also...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Geoff
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Pierre Thibault
>> <pie...@gm...> wrote:
>> > Is it not more simple to simply add your path in System.getProperties
>> > for
>> > java.class.path?
>> >
>> > 2011/4/15 Geoff Bache <geo...@gm...>
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I couldn't find anything in the docs for sys.meta_path to beware that
>> >> it didn't work on java modules/packages, so I thought I'd ask here
>> >> before reporting.
>> >>
>> >> Run the following code under Jython 2.5.2
>> >>
>> >> import sys
>> >>
>> >> class A:
>> >>    def find_module(self, name, *args):
>> >>        print "Checking", name
>> >>
>> >> sys.meta_path = [ A() ]
>> >>
>> >> print "Importing xml.sax.handler..."
>> >> import xml.sax.handler
>> >> print "Importing javax.swing..."
>> >> import javax.swing
>> >>
>> >> and note that when importing the Python module xml.sax.handler,
>> >> "find_module" gets called for every submodule as expected. When
>> >> importing javax.swing, it is called only once, on "javax", despite
>> >> "javax.swing" also being added to sys.modules. This seems to be the
>> >> case for any java package, i.e. only the top level interacts with
>> >> sys.meta_path, which as it's usually something like "org" or "com"
>> >> makes it not very useful.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Geoff Bache
>> >>
>> >>
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