gistfile1.py

class ValidationChecker():
    def __init__(self, validationContext, validationsFile, validationsModule):
        self.Context           = validationContext
        self.Errors            = {}
        self.__validationsTree = self.__LoadFile(validationsFile)
        self.__module          = __import__(validationsModule)

    def __LoadFile(self, validationsFile):
        base = ''

        source = os.path.join(base, 'data', 'validations', validationsFile)
        logdebug('Loading validation file: %s' % source)

        tree = etree.ElementTree()
        tree.parse(source)

        return tree