def _load_obj(name):
        """
        Import Python object from its name as string.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str
            Object name to import (e.g. pandas.Series.str.upper)

        Returns
        -------
        object
            Python object that can be a class, method, function...

        Examples
        --------
        >>> Docstring._load_obj('pandas.Series')
        <class 'pandas.core.series.Series'>
        """
        for maxsplit in range(1, name.count('.') + 1):
            # TODO when py3 only replace by: module, *func_parts = ...
            func_name_split = name.rsplit('.', maxsplit)
            module = func_name_split[0]
            func_parts = func_name_split[1:]
            try:
                obj = importlib.import_module(module)
            except ImportError:
                pass
            else:
                continue

        if 'obj' not in locals():
            raise ImportError('No module can be imported '
                              'from "{}"'.format(name))

        for part in func_parts:
            obj = getattr(obj, part)
        return obj
Import Python object from its name as string.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str
            Object name to import (e.g. pandas.Series.str.upper)

        Returns
        -------
        object
            Python object that can be a class, method, function...

        Examples
        --------
        >>> Docstring._load_obj('pandas.Series')
        <class 'pandas.core.series.Series'>