Importing a python module without actually executing it

Question

In the context of a complex application, I need to import user-supplied \'scripts\'. Ideally, a script would have

def init():
    blah

def execute():
    mo         


        

Answer 1

A solution to 1 to 3, ( not the yadda part ) is to hand out "generic_class.py" with all the methods that you need. So,

class Generic(object):

    def __init__(self):
        return

    def execute(self):
        return

    # etc

You can then check for the existence of "generic" in what you've imported. If it doesn't exist you can ignore it and if it does then you know exactly what's there. Anything extra will never be called unless it's called from within one of your pre-defined methods.