Refactor the way that plugins are imported for use on other modules (such as the upcoming automagic).

volatility/framework/plugins/__init__.py

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# TODO: Code to import all the py/pyc files available (but not both).
-# TODO: Code to return a none-instantiated list of plugin classes.
-
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
-
-import volatility.plugins as plugins
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def import_plugins():
-    """Imports all plugins present under plugins path"""
-    if not isinstance(plugins.__path__, list):
-        raise TypeError("Plugins.__path__ must be a list of paths")
-    for path in plugins.__path__:
-        for root, _, files in os.walk(path, followlinks = True):
-            # TODO: Figure out how to import pycache files
-            if root.endswith("__pycache__"):
-                continue
-            for f in files:
-                if (f.endswith(".py") or f.endswith(".pyc") or f.endswith(".pyo")) and not f.startswith("__"):
-                    path = os.path.join(root[len(path) + len(os.path.sep):], f[:f.rfind(".")])
-                    module = path.replace(os.path.sep, ".")
-                    if module not in sys.modules:
-                        try:
-                            logging.debug("Importing volatility.plugins." + str(module))
-                            __import__("volatility.plugins." + str(module))
-                        except ImportError:
-                            logger.warning("Failed to import module " + str(module) + " based on file " + path)
-                            raise
-                    else:
-                        logger.info("Skipping existing module " + str(module))