schrodinger.utils.moduleproxy module

A module proxy class to be used when a non-essential module can’t be imported. It will raise an ImportError any time something from the module is accessed.

class schrodinger.utils.moduleproxy.ModuleProxy(name)

Bases: object

A class to use as a placeholder for a non-essential module, raising an exception when something tries to use it.

schrodinger.utils.moduleproxy.try_import(name)

Return the module named or a proxy that will raise an ImportError the first time any of its attributes are accessed.

This allows for a non-essential module to be imported and mostly ignored if not present.