Source code for simulation.utils.basics.init_options

from typing import Any, Dict

import yaml


[docs]class InitOptions:
[docs] @classmethod def from_dict(cls, **kwargs: Dict[str, Any]): """Create instance from relevant keywords in dictionary. Instead of passing exactly the arguments defined by the class' __init__, this allows to pass a dictionary of many more values and the function will then only pass the correct arguments to the class' __init__. Example: >>> from simulation.utils.basics.init_options import InitOptions >>> class SomeClass(InitOptions): ... ... def __init__(self, arg1, arg2): ... self.arg1 = arg1 ... self.arg2 = arg2 ... ... >>> many_args = {"arg1": 1, "arg2": 2, "arg3": 3} ... # This will raise an exception because __init__ does not expect arg3! >>> try: ... SomeClass(**many_args) ... except TypeError: ... pass ... # However this will work: >>> something = SomeClass.from_dict(**many_args) Args: **kwargs: Keyword arguments matching the constructor's variables. """ init_keys = cls.__init__.__code__.co_varnames # Access the init functions arguments kwargs = { key: kwargs[key] for key in init_keys if key in kwargs } # Select all elements in kwargs, that are also arguments of the init function return cls(**kwargs)
[docs] def _from_yaml(cls, file_path: str, loader: yaml.Loader = yaml.SafeLoader): """Helper method to allow passing a custom `cls` instead of being forced to use the classmethod syntax.""" # Extract information from yaml file as a dict with open(file_path) as file: specs_dict = yaml.load(file, Loader=loader) # Select only the information that the class wants return cls.from_dict(**specs_dict)
[docs] @classmethod def from_yaml(cls, file_path: str, loader: yaml.Loader = yaml.SafeLoader): """Load instance from a yaml file. Only fields that are defined within the __init__ are loaded. Args: file_path: Location of the yaml file. """ return InitOptions._from_yaml(cls, file_path, loader)