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#                           Brad T. Aagaard
#                        U.S. Geological Survey
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## @file pylith/utils/importing.py

def importModule(moduleName):
  """
  Import the named module, and return the module object
  - Works properly for fully qualified names.
  """
  module     = __import__(moduleName)
  components = moduleName.split('.')
  for comp in components[1:]:
    module = getattr(module, comp)
  return module


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