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Issue #14605: Expose importlib.abc.FileLoader and
importlib.machinery.(FileFinder, SourceFileLoader, _SourcelessFileLoader, ExtensionFileLoader). This exposes all of importlib's mechanisms that will become public on the sys module.
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@@ -237,6 +237,34 @@ are also provided to help in implementing the core ABCs.
module.
+.. class:: FileLoader(fullname, path)
+
+ An abstract base class which inherits from :class:`ResourceLoader` and
+ :class:`ExecutionLoader`, providing concreate implementations of
+ :meth:`ResourceLoader.get_data` and :meth:`ExecutionLoader.get_filename`.
+
+ The *fullname* argument is a fully resolved name of the module the loader is
+ to handle. The *path* argument is the path to the file for the module.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+ .. attribute:: name
+
+ The name of the module the loader can handle.
+
+ .. attribute:: path
+
+ Path to the file of the module.
+
+ .. method:: get_filename(fullname)
+
+ Returns :attr:`path`.
+
+ .. method:: get_data(path)
+
+ Returns the open, binary file for *path*.
+
+
.. class:: SourceLoader
An abstract base class for implementing source (and optionally bytecode)
@@ -498,6 +526,163 @@ find and load modules.
module. If no finder is ever found then ``None`` is returned.
+.. class:: FileFinder(path, \*loader_details)
+
+ A concrete implementation of :class:`importlib.abc.Finder` which caches
+ results from the file system.
+
+ The *path* argument is the directory for which the finder is in charge of
+ searching.
+
+ The *loader_details* argument is a variable number of 3-item tuples each
+ containing a loader, file suffixes the loader recognizes, and a boolean
+ representing whether the loader handles packages.
+
+ The finder will cache the directory contents as necessary, making stat calls
+ for each module search to verify the cache is not outdated. Because cache
+ staleness relies upon the granularity of the operating system's state
+ information of the file system, there is a potential race condition of
+ searching for a module, creating a new file, and then searching for the
+ module the new file represents. If the operations happen fast enough to fit
+ within the granularity of stat calls, then the module search will fail. To
+ prevent this from happening, when you create a module dynamically, make sure
+ to call :func:`importlib.invalidate_caches`.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+ .. attribute:: path
+
+ The path the finder will search in.
+
+ .. method:: find_module(fullname)
+
+ Attempt to find the loader to handle *fullname* within :attr:`path`.
+
+ .. method:: invalidate_caches()
+
+ Clear out the internal cache.
+
+ .. classmethod:: path_hook(\*loader_details)
+
+ A class method which returns a closure for use on :attr:`sys.path_hooks`.
+ An instance of :class:`FileFinder` is returned by the closure using the
+ path argument given to the closure directly and *loader_details*
+ indirectly.
+
+ If the argument to the closure is not an existing directory,
+ :exc:`ImportError` is raised.
+
+
+.. class:: SourceFileLoader(fullname, path)
+
+ A concrete implementation of :class:`importlib.abc.SourceLoader` by
+ subclassing :class:`importlib.abc.FileLoader` and providing some concrete
+ implementations of other methods.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+ .. attribute:: name
+
+ The name of the module that this loader will handle.
+
+ .. attribute:: path
+
+ The path to the source file.
+
+ .. method:: is_package(fullname)
+
+ Return true if :attr:`path` appears to be for a package.
+
+ .. method:: path_stats(path)
+
+ Concrete implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.SourceLoader.path_stats`.
+
+ .. method:: set_data(path, data)
+
+ Concrete implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.SourceLoader.set_data`.
+
+ .. method:: load_module(fullname)
+
+ Load the specified module if it is the same as :attr:`name`.
+
+
+.. class:: _SourcelessFileLoader(fullname, path)
+
+ A concrete implementation of :class:`importlib.abc.FileLoader` which can
+ import bytecode files (i.e. no source code files exist).
+
+ It is **strongly** suggested you do not rely on this loader (hence the
+ leading underscore of the class). Direct use of bytecode files (and thus not
+ source code files) inhibits your modules from being usable by all Python
+ implementations. It also runs the risk of your bytecode files not being
+ usable by new versions of Python which change the bytecode format. This
+ class is only documented as it is directly used by import and thus can
+ potentially have instances show up as a module's ``__loader__`` attribute.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+ .. attribute:: name
+
+ The name of the module the loader will handle.
+
+ .. attribute:: path
+
+ The path to the bytecode file.
+
+ .. method:: is_package(fullname)
+
+ Determines if the module is a package based on :attr:`path`.
+
+ .. method:: get_code(fullname)
+
+ Returns the code object for :attr:`name` created from :attr:`path`.
+
+ .. method:: get_source(fullname)
+
+ Returns ``None`` as bytecode files have no source when this loader is
+ used.
+
+ .. method:: load_module(fullname)
+
+ Loads the specified module if it is the same as :attr:`name`.
+
+
+.. class:: ExtensionFileLoader(fullname, path)
+
+ A concrete implementation of :class:`importlib.abc.InspectLoader` for
+ extension modules.
+
+ The *fullname* argument specifies the name of the module the loader is to
+ support. The *path* argument is the path to the extension module's file.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+ .. attribute:: name
+
+ Name of the module the loader supports.
+
+ .. attribute:: path
+
+ Path to the extension module.
+
+ .. method:: load_module(fullname)
+
+ Loads the extension module if and only if *fullname** is the same as
+ :attr:`name`.
+
+ .. method:: is_package(fullname)
+
+ Returns ``False`` as extension modules can never be packages.
+
+ .. method:: get_code(fullname)
+
+ Returns ``None`` as extension modules lack a code object.
+
+ .. method:: get_source(fullname)
+
+ Returns ``None`` as extension modules do not have source code.
+
+
:mod:`importlib.util` -- Utility code for importers
---------------------------------------------------