import string
from importlib import import_module
from dowhy.causal_refuter import CausalRefuter
[docs]def get_class_object(method_name, *args, **kwargs):
# from https://www.bnmetrics.com/blog/factory-pattern-in-python3-simple-version
try:
module_name = method_name
class_name = string.capwords(method_name, "_").replace("_", "")
refuter_module = import_module('.' + module_name,
package="dowhy.causal_refuters")
refuter_class = getattr(refuter_module, class_name)
assert issubclass(refuter_class, CausalRefuter)
except (AttributeError, AssertionError, ImportError):
raise ImportError('{} is not an existing causal refuter.'.format(method_name))
return refuter_class