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# Copyright 2015 Jake Ross
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# ============= enthought library imports =======================
# ============= standard library imports ========================
# ============= local library imports  ==========================


def import_klass(k):
    """
        e.g. importstr= a.b.c.klass
        similar to
        from a.b.c import klass

    :param importstr:
    :return: classobj
    """
    args = k.split(".")
    pkg, klass = ".".join(args[:-1]), args[-1]
    mod = __import__(pkg, fromlist=[klass])

    return getattr(mod, klass)


# ============= EOF =============================================
