fix: add AppHandler.load_object() method

src/wuttjamaican/app.py

@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ class AppHandler:
             self.model = importlib.import_module(spec)
         return self.model
 
+    def load_object(self, spec):
+        """
+        Import and/or load and return the object designated by the
+        given spec string.
+
+        This invokes :func:`wuttjamaican.util.load_object()`.
+
+        :param spec: String of the form ``module.dotted.path:objname``.
+
+        :returns: The object referred to by ``spec``.  If the module
+           could not be imported, or did not contain an object of the
+           given name, then an error will raise.
+        """
+        return load_object(spec)
+
     def make_appdir(self, path, subfolders=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Establish an :term:`app dir` at the given path.

tests/test_app.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from wuttjamaican import app
 from wuttjamaican.conf import WuttaConfig
+from wuttjamaican.util import UNSPECIFIED
 
 
 class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.app.handlers, {})
         self.assertEqual(self.app.appname, 'wuttatest')
 
+    def test_load_object(self):
+
+        # just confirm the method works on a basic level; the
+        # underlying function is tested elsewhere
+        obj = self.app.load_object('wuttjamaican.util:UNSPECIFIED')
+        self.assertIs(obj, UNSPECIFIED)
+
     def test_make_appdir(self):
 
         # appdir is created, and 3 subfolders added by default