def locate(name: str) -> Any:
    """
    Locate and return an object ``x`` using an input string ``{x.__module__}.{x.__qualname__}``,
    such as "module.submodule.class_name".

    Raise Exception if it cannot be found.
    """
    obj = pydoc.locate(name)

    # Some cases (e.g. torch.optim.sgd.SGD) not handled correctly
    # by pydoc.locate. Try a private function from hydra.
    if obj is None:
        try:
            # from hydra.utils import get_method - will print many errors
            from hydra.utils import _locate
        except ImportError as e:
            raise ImportError(f"Cannot dynamically locate object {name}!") from e
        else:
            obj = _locate(name)  # it raises if fails

    return obj

    Locate and return an object ``x`` using an input string ``{x.__module__}.{x.__qualname__}``,
    such as "module.submodule.class_name".

    Raise Exception if it cannot be found.
    
video_chat_with_ChatGPT/models/grit_src/third_party/CenterNet2/detectron2/utils/registry.py