# `EntryPointAlike`

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class EntryPointAlike(obj, name=None)

  A dummy EntryPoint substitute to be used with `selectEntryPoints()` for wrapping arbitrary objects and imitate the name and load() API of a `pkg_resources.EntryPoint` instance.

  Pass an object and optionally a name to the constructor to get the wrapped EntryPointAlike instance. The repr of the object is used as the name if name arg is not provided.

  Import from `taurus.core.util.plugin` as:

      from taurus.core.util.plugin import EntryPointAlike

  load()

    Returns the wrapped object