def attributes(full_attribute_name):
    """Load a module and retrieve an attribute of that module."""
    # Parse out the path, module, and attribute
    last_dot = full_attribute_name.rfind('.')
    attr_name = full_attribute_name[last_dot + 1 :]
    mod_path = full_attribute_name[:last_dot]

    mod = modules(mod_path)
    # Let an AttributeError propagate outward.
    try:
        attr = getattr(mod, attr_name)
    except AttributeError:
        raise AttributeError(
            "'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" % (mod_path, attr_name),
        )

    # Return a reference to the attribute.
    return attr
Load a module and retrieve an attribute of that module.
cherrypy/lib/reprconf.py