1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ceilometerclient/openstack/common/importutils.py b/ceilometerclient/openstack/common/importutils.py
index 4fd9ae2..a7972e0 100644
--- a/ceilometerclient/openstack/common/importutils.py
+++ b/ceilometerclient/openstack/common/importutils.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import traceback
 def import_class(import_str):
     """Returns a class from a string including module and class."""
     mod_str, _sep, class_str = import_str.rpartition('.')
+    __import__(mod_str)
     try:
-        __import__(mod_str)
         return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
-    except (ValueError, AttributeError):
+    except AttributeError:
         raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' %
                           (class_str,
                            traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ def import_module(import_str):
     return sys.modules[import_str]
 
 
+def import_versioned_module(version, submodule=None):
+    module = 'ceilometerclient.v%s' % version
+    if submodule:
+        module = '.'.join((module, submodule))
+    return import_module(module)
+
+
 def try_import(import_str, default=None):
     """Try to import a module and if it fails return default."""
     try: