Dynamically bind method to class instance in python

Question

Let\'s say that I have a class defined in moduleA.py which I want to add a method to, using some sort of loader method that takes a the name of a second module

Answer 1

import sys
import types

def getobj(astr):
    """
    getobj('scipy.stats.stats') returns the associated module
    getobj('scipy.stats.stats.chisquare') returns the associated function
    """
    try:
        return globals()[astr]
    except KeyError:
        try:
            return __import__(astr, fromlist=[''])
        except ImportError:
            modname, _, basename = astr.rpartition('.')
            if modname:
                mod = getobj(modname)
                return getattr(mod, basename)
            else:
                raise

class ClassA(object):
    def __init__(self, methpath):
        super(ClassA, self).__init__()
        self.a = 1
        self.b = 2
        self.meth1 = types.MethodType(getobj(methpath), self)

a = ClassA('moduleB.meth2')
print(a.meth1())
# 3