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"""Policies

Note that Dispatchers are now implemented in "dispatcher.py", but
are still documented here.

Policies

 A policy is an object which manages the interaction between a public
 Python object, and COM .  In simple terms, the policy object is the
 object which is actually called by COM, and it invokes the requested
 method, fetches/sets the requested property, etc.  See the
 @win32com.server.policy.CreateInstance@ method for a description of
 how a policy is specified or created.

 Exactly how a policy determines which underlying object method/property
 is obtained is up to the policy.  A few policies are provided, but you
 can build your own.  See each policy class for a description of how it
 implements its policy.

 There is a policy that allows the object to specify exactly which
 methods and properties will be exposed.  There is also a policy that
 will dynamically expose all Python methods and properties - even those
 added after the object has been instantiated.

Dispatchers

 A Dispatcher is a level in front of a Policy.  A dispatcher is the
 thing which actually receives the COM calls, and passes them to the
 policy object (which in turn somehow does something with the wrapped
 object).

 It is important to note that a policy does not need to have a dispatcher.
 A dispatcher has the same interface as a policy, and simply steps in its
 place, delegating to the real policy.  The primary use for a Dispatcher
 is to support debugging when necessary, but without imposing overheads
 when not (ie, by not using a dispatcher at all).

 There are a few dispatchers provided - "tracing" dispatchers which simply
 prints calls and args (including a variation which uses
 win32api.OutputDebugString), and a "debugger" dispatcher, which can
 invoke the debugger when necessary.

Error Handling

 It is important to realise that the caller of these interfaces may
 not be Python.  Therefore, general Python exceptions and tracebacks aren't
 much use.

 In general, there is an Exception class that should be raised, to allow
 the framework to extract rich COM type error information.

 The general rule is that the **only** exception returned from Python COM
 Server code should be an Exception instance.  Any other Python exception
 should be considered an implementation bug in the server (if not, it
 should be handled, and an appropriate Exception instance raised).  Any
 other exception is considered "unexpected", and a dispatcher may take
 special action (see Dispatchers above)

 Occasionally, the implementation will raise the policy.error error.
 This usually means there is a problem in the implementation that the
 Python programmer should fix.

 For example, if policy is asked to wrap an object which it can not
 support (because, eg, it does not provide _public_methods_ or _dynamic_)
 then policy.error will be raised, indicating it is a Python programmers
 problem, rather than a COM error.

"""
__author__ = "Greg Stein and Mark Hammond"

import win32api
import winerror
import string
import sys
import types
import win32con, pythoncom

#Import a few important constants to speed lookups.
from pythoncom import \
    DISPATCH_METHOD, DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT, DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF, \
    DISPID_UNKNOWN, DISPID_VALUE, DISPID_PROPERTYPUT, DISPID_NEWENUM, \
    DISPID_EVALUATE, DISPID_CONSTRUCTOR, DISPID_DESTRUCTOR, DISPID_COLLECT,DISPID_STARTENUM

S_OK = 0

# Few more globals to speed things.
from pywintypes import UnicodeType
IDispatchType = pythoncom.TypeIIDs[pythoncom.IID_IDispatch]
core_has_unicode = hasattr(__builtins__, "unicode")

from exception import COMException
error = __name__ + " error"

regSpec = 'CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOM'
regPolicy = 'CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOMPolicy'
regDispatcher = 'CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOMDispatcher'
regAddnPath = 'CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOMPath'

# exc_info doesnt appear 'till Python 1.5, but we now have other 1.5 deps!
from sys import exc_info

def CreateInstance(clsid, reqIID):
  """Create a new instance of the specified IID

  The COM framework **always** calls this function to create a new
  instance for the specified CLSID.  This function looks up the
  registry for the name of a policy, creates the policy, and asks the
  policy to create the specified object by calling the _CreateInstance_ method.

  Exactly how the policy creates the instance is up to the policy.  See the
  specific policy documentation for more details.
  """
  # First see is sys.path should have something on it.
  try:
    addnPaths = string.split(win32api.RegQueryValue(win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
                                      regAddnPath % clsid),';')
    for newPath in addnPaths:
      if newPath not in sys.path:
        sys.path.insert(0, newPath)
  except win32api.error:
    pass
  try:
    policy = win32api.RegQueryValue(win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
                                      regPolicy % clsid)
    policy = resolve_func(policy)
  except win32api.error:
    policy = DefaultPolicy

  try:
    dispatcher = win32api.RegQueryValue(win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
                                      regDispatcher % clsid)
    if dispatcher: dispatcher = resolve_func(dispatcher)
  except win32api.error:
    dispatcher = None

  # clear exception information
  sys.exc_type = sys.exc_value = sys.exc_traceback = None # sys.clearexc() appears in 1.5?

  if dispatcher:
    retObj = dispatcher(policy, None)
  else:
    retObj = policy(None)
  return retObj._CreateInstance_(clsid, reqIID)

class BasicWrapPolicy:
  """The base class of policies.

     Normally not used directly (use a child class, instead)

     This policy assumes we are wrapping another object
     as the COM server.  This supports the delegation of the core COM entry points
     to either the wrapped object, or to a child class.

     This policy supports the following special attributes on the wrapped object

     _query_interface_ -- A handler which can respond to the COM 'QueryInterface' call.
     _com_interfaces_ -- An optional list of IIDs which the interface will assume are
         valid for the object.
     _invoke_ -- A handler which can respond to the COM 'Invoke' call.  If this attribute
         is not provided, then the default policy implementation is used.  If this attribute
         does exist, it is responsible for providing all required functionality - ie, the
         policy _invoke_ method is not invoked at all (and nor are you able to call it!)
     _getidsofnames_ -- A handler which can respond to the COM 'GetIDsOfNames' call.  If this attribute
         is not provided, then the default policy implementation is used.  If this attribute
         does exist, it is responsible for providing all required functionality - ie, the
         policy _getidsofnames_ method is not invoked at all (and nor are you able to call it!)

     IDispatchEx functionality:

     _invokeex_ -- Very similar to _invoke_, except slightly different arguments are used.
         And the result is just the _real_ result (rather than the (hresult, argErr, realResult)
         tuple that _invoke_ uses.
         This is the new, prefered handler (the default _invoke_ handler simply called _invokeex_)
     _getdispid_ -- Very similar to _getidsofnames_, except slightly different arguments are used,
         and only 1 property at a time can be fetched (which is all we support in getidsofnames anyway!)
         This is the new, prefered handler (the default _invoke_ handler simply called _invokeex_)
     _getnextdispid_- uses self._name_to_dispid_ to enumerate the DISPIDs
  """
  def __init__(self, object):
    """Initialise the policy object

       Params:

       object -- The object to wrap.  May be None *iff* @BasicWrapPolicy._CreateInstance_@ will be
       called immediately after this to setup a brand new object
    """
    if object is not None:
      self._wrap_(object)

  def _CreateInstance_(self, clsid, reqIID):
    """Creates a new instance of a **wrapped** object

       This method looks up a "@win32com.server.policy.regSpec@" % clsid entry
       in the registry (using @DefaultPolicy@)
    """
    try:
      classSpec = win32api.RegQueryValue(win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
                                       regSpec % clsid)
      myob = call_func(classSpec)
      self._wrap_(myob)
      return pythoncom.WrapObject(self, reqIID)
    except win32api.error:
      raise error, "The object is not correctly registered - %s key can not be read" % (regSpec % clsid)

  def _wrap_(self, object):
    """Wraps up the specified object.

       This function keeps a reference to the passed
       object, and may interogate it to determine how to respond to COM requests, etc.
    """
    # We "clobber" certain of our own methods with ones
    # provided by the wrapped object, iff they exist.
    self._name_to_dispid_ = { }
    ob = self._obj_ = object
    if hasattr(ob, '_query_interface_'):
      self._query_interface_ = ob._query_interface_

    if hasattr(ob, '_invoke_'):
      self._invoke_ = ob._invoke_

    if hasattr(ob, '_invokeex_'):
      self._invokeex_ = ob._invokeex_

    if hasattr(ob, '_getidsofnames_'):
      self._getidsofnames_ = ob._getidsofnames_

    if hasattr(ob, '_getdispid_'):
      self._getdispid_ = ob._getdispid_

    # Allow for override of certain special attributes.
    if hasattr(ob, '_com_interfaces_'):
      self._com_interfaces_ = []
      # Allow interfaces to be specified by name.
      for i in ob._com_interfaces_:
        if type(i) != pythoncom.PyIIDType:
          # Prolly a string!
          if i[0] != "{":
            i = pythoncom.InterfaceNames[i]
        self._com_interfaces_.append(i)
    else:
      self._com_interfaces_ = [ ]

  # "QueryInterface" handling.
  def _QueryInterface_(self, iid):
    """The main COM entry-point for QueryInterface.

       This checks the _com_interfaces_ attribute and if the interface is not specified
       there, it calls the derived helper _query_interface_
    """
    if iid in self._com_interfaces_:
      return 1
    return self._query_interface_(iid)

  def _query_interface_(self, iid):
    """Called if the object does not provide the requested interface in _com_interfaces,
       and does not provide a _query_interface_ handler.

       Returns a result to the COM framework indicating the interface is not supported.
    """
    return 0

  # "Invoke" handling.
  def _Invoke_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args):
    """The main COM entry-point for Invoke.

       This calls the _invoke_ helper.
    """
    #Translate a possible string dispid to real dispid.
    if type(dispid) == type(""):
      try:
        dispid = self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(dispid)]
      except KeyError:
        raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND, desc="Member not found")
    return self._invoke_(dispid, lcid, wFlags, args)

  def _invoke_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args):
    # Delegates to the _invokeex_ implementation.  This allows
    # a custom policy to define _invokeex_, and automatically get _invoke_ too.
    return S_OK, -1, self._invokeex_(dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, None, None)

  # "GetIDsOfNames" handling.
  def _GetIDsOfNames_(self, names, lcid):
    """The main COM entry-point for GetIDsOfNames.

       This checks the validity of the arguments, and calls the _getidsofnames_ helper.
    """
    if len(names) > 1:
      raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_INVALID, desc="Cannot support member argument names")
    return self._getidsofnames_(names, lcid)

  def _getidsofnames_(self, names, lcid):
    ### note: lcid is being ignored...
    return (self._getdispid_(names[0], 0), )

  # IDispatchEx support for policies.  Most of the IDispathEx functionality
  # by default will raise E_NOTIMPL.  Thus it is not necessary for derived
  # policies to explicitely implement all this functionality just to not implement it!

  def _GetDispID_(self, name, fdex):
    return self._getdispid_(name, fdex)

  def _getdispid_(self, name, fdex):
    try:
      ### TODO - look at the fdex flags!!!
      return self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(str(name))]
    except KeyError:
      raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_UNKNOWNNAME)

  # "InvokeEx" handling.
  def _InvokeEx_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider):
    """The main COM entry-point for InvokeEx.

       This calls the _invokeex_ helper.
    """
    #Translate a possible string dispid to real dispid.
    if type(dispid) == type(""):
      try:
        dispid = self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(dispid)]
      except KeyError:
        raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND, desc="Member not found")
    return self._invokeex_(dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider)

  def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider):
    """A stub for _invokeex_ - should never be called.

       Simply raises an exception.
    """
    # Base classes should override this method (and not call the base)
    raise error, "This class does not provide _invokeex_ semantics"

  def _DeleteMemberByName_(self, name, fdex):
    return self._deletememberbyname_(name, fdex)
  def _deletememberbyname_(self, name, fdex):
    raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_NOTIMPL)

  def _DeleteMemberByDispID_(self, id):
    return self._deletememberbydispid(id)
  def _deletememberbydispid_(self, id):
    raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_NOTIMPL)

  def _GetMemberProperties_(self, id, fdex):
    return self._getmemberproperties_(id, fdex)
  def _getmemberproperties_(self, id, fdex):
    raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_NOTIMPL)

  def _GetMemberName_(self, dispid):
    return self._getmembername_(dispid)
  def _getmembername_(self, dispid):
    raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_NOTIMPL)

  def _GetNextDispID_(self, fdex, dispid):
    return self._getnextdispid_(fdex, dispid)
  def _getnextdispid_(self, fdex, dispid):
    ids = self._name_to_dispid_.values()
    ids.sort()
    if DISPID_STARTENUM in ids: ids.remove(DISPID_STARTENUM)
    if dispid==DISPID_STARTENUM:
      return ids[0]
    else:
      try:
        return ids[ids.index(dispid)+1]
      except ValueError: # dispid not in list?
        raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_UNEXPECTED)
      except IndexError: # No more items
        raise COMException(scode = winerror.S_FALSE)

  def _GetNameSpaceParent_(self):
    return self._getnamespaceparent()
  def _getnamespaceparent_(self):
    raise COMException(scode = winerror.E_NOTIMPL)


class MappedWrapPolicy(BasicWrapPolicy):
  """Wraps an object using maps to do its magic

     This policy wraps up a Python object, using a number of maps
     which translate from a Dispatch ID and flags, into an object to call/getattr, etc.

     It is the responsibility of derived classes to determine exactly how the
     maps are filled (ie, the derived classes determine the map filling policy.

     This policy supports the following special attributes on the wrapped object

     _dispid_to_func_/_dispid_to_get_/_dispid_to_put_ -- These are dictionaries
       (keyed by integer dispid, values are string attribute names) which the COM
       implementation uses when it is processing COM requests.  Note that the implementation
       uses this dictionary for its own purposes - not a copy - which means the contents of
       these dictionaries will change as the object is used.

  """
  def _wrap_(self, object):
    BasicWrapPolicy._wrap_(self, object)
    ob = self._obj_
    if hasattr(ob, '_dispid_to_func_'):
      self._dispid_to_func_ = ob._dispid_to_func_
    else:
      self._dispid_to_func_ = { }
    if hasattr(ob, '_dispid_to_get_'):
      self._dispid_to_get_ = ob._dispid_to_get_
    else:
      self._dispid_to_get_ = { }
    if hasattr(ob, '_dispid_to_put_'):
      self._dispid_to_put_ = ob._dispid_to_put_
    else:
      self._dispid_to_put_ = { }

  def _getmembername_(self, dispid):
    if self._dispid_to_func_.has_key(dispid):
      return self._dispid_to_func_[dispid]
    elif self._dispid_to_get_.has_key(dispid):
      return self._dispid_to_get_[dispid]
    elif self._dispid_to_put_.has_key(dispid):
      return self._dispid_to_put_[dispid]
    else:
      raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND)

class DesignatedWrapPolicy(MappedWrapPolicy):
  """A policy which uses a mapping to link functions and dispid

     A MappedWrappedPolicy which allows the wrapped object to specify, via certain
     special named attributes, exactly which methods and properties are exposed.

     All a wrapped object need do is provide the special attributes, and the policy
     will handle everything else.

     Attributes:

     _public_methods_ -- Required -- A list of strings, which must be the names of
                  methods the object provides.  These methods will be exposed and
                  callable from other COM hosts.
     _public_attrs_ A list of strings, which must be the names of attributes on the object.
                  These attributes will be exposed and readable and possibly writeable from other COM hosts.
     _readonly_attrs_ -- A list of strings, which must also appear in _public_attrs.  These
                  attributes will be readable, but not writable, by other COM hosts.
     _value_ -- A method that will be called if the COM host requests the "default" method
                  (ie, calls Invoke with dispid==DISPID_VALUE)
     _NewEnum -- A method that will be called if the COM host requests an enumerator on the
                  object (ie, calls Invoke with dispid==DISPID_NEWENUM.)
                  It is the responsibility of the method to ensure the returned
                  object conforms to the required Enum interface.

     _Evaluate -- Dunno what this means, except the host has called Invoke with dispid==DISPID_EVALUATE!
                  See the COM documentation for details.
  """
  def _wrap_(self, ob):
    MappedWrapPolicy._wrap_(self, ob)
    if not hasattr(ob, '_public_methods_'):
      raise error, "Object does not support DesignatedWrapPolicy"

    # Copy existing _dispid_to_func_ entries to _name_to_dispid_
    for dispid, name in self._dispid_to_func_.items():
      self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(name)]=dispid
    for dispid, name in self._dispid_to_get_.items():
      self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(name)]=dispid
    for dispid, name in self._dispid_to_put_.items():
      self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(name)]=dispid

    # add the pythonObject property (always DISPID==999)
    # unless some object (eg, Event Source) has already used it!
#    if not self._dispid_to_func_.has_key(999):
#        self._name_to_dispid_["pythonobject"] = 999
#        self._dispid_to_func_[999] = lambda i=id(ob): i

    # look for reserved methods
    if hasattr(ob, '_value_'):
      self._dispid_to_get_[DISPID_VALUE] = '_value_'
      self._dispid_to_put_[DISPID_PROPERTYPUT] = '_value_'
    if hasattr(ob, '_NewEnum'):
      self._name_to_dispid_['_newenum'] = DISPID_NEWENUM
      self._dispid_to_func_[DISPID_NEWENUM] = '_NewEnum'
    if hasattr(ob, '_Evaluate'):
      self._name_to_dispid_['_evaluate'] = DISPID_EVALUATE
      self._dispid_to_func_[DISPID_EVALUATE] = '_Evaluate'

    dispid = 1000
    # note: funcs have precedence over attrs (install attrs first)
    if hasattr(ob, '_public_attrs_'):
      if hasattr(ob, '_readonly_attrs_'):
        readonly = ob._readonly_attrs_
      else:
        readonly = [ ]
      for name in ob._public_attrs_:
        self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(name)] = dispid
        self._dispid_to_get_[dispid] = name
        if name not in readonly:
          self._dispid_to_put_[dispid] = name
        dispid = dispid + 1
    for name in ob._public_methods_:
      self._name_to_dispid_[string.lower(name)] = dispid
      self._dispid_to_func_[dispid] = name
      dispid = dispid + 1

  def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwArgs, serviceProvider):
    ### note: lcid is being ignored...

    if wFlags & DISPATCH_METHOD:
      try:
        funcname = self._dispid_to_func_[dispid]
      except KeyError:
        if not wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET:
          raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND)    # not found
      else:
        try:
          func = getattr(self._obj_, funcname)
        except AttributeError:
          # May have a dispid, but that doesnt mean we have the function!
          raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND)
        # Should check callable here
        return apply(func, args)

    if wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET:
      try:
        name = self._dispid_to_get_[dispid]
      except KeyError:
          raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND)    # not found
      retob = getattr(self._obj_, name)
      if type(retob)==types.MethodType: # a method as a property - call it.
          retob = apply(retob, args)
      return retob

    if wFlags & (DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT | DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF): ### correct?
      try:
        name = self._dispid_to_put_[dispid]
      except KeyError:
        raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND)    # read-only
      setattr(self._obj_, name, args[0])
      return

    raise COMException(scode=winerror.E_INVALIDARG, desc="invalid wFlags")

class EventHandlerPolicy(DesignatedWrapPolicy):
    """The default policy used by event handlers in the win32com.client package.

    In addition to the base policy, this provides argument conversion semantics for
    params
      * dispatch params are converted to dispatch objects.
      * Unicode objects are converted to strings (1.5.2 and earlier)

    NOTE: Later, we may allow the object to override this process??
    """
    def _transform_args_(self, args, kwArgs, dispid, lcid, wFlags, serviceProvider):
        ret = []
        for arg in args:
            if type(arg) == IDispatchType:
                import win32com.client
                arg = win32com.client.Dispatch(arg)
            elif not core_has_unicode and type(arg)==UnicodeType:
                arg = str(arg)
            ret.append(arg)
        return tuple(ret), kwArgs
    def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwArgs, serviceProvider):
        # transform the args.
        args, kwArgs = self._transform_args_(args, kwArgs, dispid, lcid, wFlags, serviceProvider)
        return DesignatedWrapPolicy._invokeex_( self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwArgs, serviceProvider)

class DynamicPolicy(BasicWrapPolicy):
  """A policy which dynamically (ie, at run-time) determines public interfaces.

     A dynamic policy is used to dynamically dispatch methods and properties to the
     wrapped object.  The list of objects and properties does not need to be known in
     advance, and methods or properties added to the wrapped object after construction
     are also handled.

     The wrapped object must provide the following attributes:

     _dynamic_ -- A method that will be called whenever an invoke on the object
            is called.  The method is called with the name of the underlying method/property
            (ie, the mapping of dispid to/from name has been resolved.)  This name property
            may also be '_value_' to indicate the default, and '_NewEnum' to indicate a new
            enumerator is requested.

  """
  def _wrap_(self, object):
    BasicWrapPolicy._wrap_(self, object)
    if not hasattr(self._obj_, '_dynamic_'):
      raise error, "Object does not support Dynamic COM Policy"
    self._next_dynamic_ = self._min_dynamic_ = 1000
    self._dyn_dispid_to_name_ = {DISPID_VALUE:'_value_', DISPID_NEWENUM:'_NewEnum' }

  def _getdispid_(self, name, fdex):
    # TODO - Look at fdex flags.
    # TODO - Remove str() of Unicode name param.
    lname = string.lower(str(name))
    try:
      return self._name_to_dispid_[lname]
    except KeyError:
      dispid = self._next_dynamic_ = self._next_dynamic_ + 1
      self._name_to_dispid_[lname] = dispid
      self._dyn_dispid_to_name_[dispid] = name # Keep case in this map...
      return dispid

  def _invoke_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args):
    return S_OK, -1, self._invokeex_(dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, None, None)

  def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider):
    ### note: lcid is being ignored...
    ### note: kwargs is being ignored...
    ### note: serviceProvider is being ignored...
    ### there might be assigned DISPID values to properties, too...
    ### TODO - Remove the str() of the Unicode argument
    try:
      name = str(self._dyn_dispid_to_name_[dispid])
    except KeyError:
      raise COMException(scode = winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND, desc="Member not found")
    return self._obj_._dynamic_(name, lcid, wFlags, args)


DefaultPolicy = DesignatedWrapPolicy

def resolve_func(spec):
  """Resolve a function by name

  Given a function specified by 'module.function', return a callable object
  (ie, the function itself)
  """
  try:
    idx = string.rindex(spec, ".")
    mname = spec[:idx]
    fname = spec[idx+1:]
    # Dont attempt to optimize by looking in sys.modules,
    # as another thread may also be performing the import - this
    # way we take advantage of the built-in import lock.
    module = _import_module(mname)
    return getattr(module, fname)
  except ValueError: # No "." in name - assume in this module
    return globals()[spec]

def call_func(spec, *args):
  """Call a function specified by name.

  Call a function specified by 'module.function' and return the result.
  """

  return apply(resolve_func(spec), args)

def _import_module(mname):
  """Import a module just like the 'import' statement.

  Having this function is much nicer for importing arbitrary modules than
  using the 'exec' keyword.  It is more efficient and obvious to the reader.
  """
  __import__(mname)
  # Eeek - result of _import_ is "win32com" - not "win32com.a.b.c"
  # Get the full module from sys.modules
  return sys.modules[mname]

#######
#
# Temporary hacks until all old code moves.
#
# These have been moved to a new source file, but some code may
# still reference them here.  These will end up being removed.
try:
  from dispatcher import DispatcherTrace, DispatcherWin32trace
except ImportError: # Quite likely a frozen executable that doesnt need dispatchers
  pass