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23from __future__ import annotations
25__all__ = ["Struct"]
27from types import SimpleNamespace
28from typing import Any
31class Struct(SimpleNamespace):
32 """A container to which you can add fields as attributes.
34 Parameters
35 ----------
36 **keyArgs
37 Keyword arguments specifying fields and their values.
39 Notes
40 -----
41 Intended to be used for the return value from `~lsst.pipe.base.Task.run`
42 and other `~lsst.pipe.base.Task` methods, and useful for any method that
43 returns multiple values.
45 The intent is to allow accessing returned items by name, instead of
46 unpacking a tuple. This makes the code much more robust and easier to
47 read. It allows one to change what values are returned without inducing
48 mysterious failures: adding items is completely safe, and removing or
49 renaming items causes errors that are caught quickly and reported in a way
50 that is easy to understand.
52 The primary reason for using Struct instead of dict is that the fields may
53 be accessed as attributes, e.g. ``aStruct.foo`` instead of
54 ``aDict["foo"]``. Admittedly this only saves a few characters, but it
55 makes the code significantly more readable.
57 Struct is preferred over named tuples, because named tuples can be used as
58 ordinary tuples, thus losing all the safety advantages of Struct. In
59 addition, named tuples are clumsy to define and Structs are much more
60 mutable (e.g. one can trivially combine Structs and add additional fields).
62 Examples
63 --------
64 >>> myStruct = Struct(
65 >>> strVal = 'the value of the field named "strVal"',
66 >>> intVal = 35,
67 >>> )
68 """
70 def __init__(self, **keyArgs: Any):
71 for name, val in keyArgs.items():
72 self.__safeAdd(name, val)
74 def __safeAdd(self, name: str, val: Any) -> None:
75 """Add a field if it does not already exist and name does not start
76 with ``__`` (two underscores).
78 Parameters
79 ----------
80 name : `str`
81 Name of field to add.
82 val : object
83 Value of field to add.
85 Raises
86 ------
87 RuntimeError
88 Raised if name already exists or starts with ``__`` (two
89 underscores).
90 """
91 if hasattr(self, name):
92 raise RuntimeError(f"Item {name!r} already exists")
93 if name.startswith("__"):
94 raise RuntimeError(f"Item name {name!r} invalid; must not begin with __")
95 setattr(self, name, val)
97 def getDict(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
98 """Get a dictionary of fields in this struct.
100 Returns
101 -------
102 structDict : `dict`
103 Dictionary with field names as keys and field values as values.
104 The values are shallow copies.
105 """
106 return self.__dict__.copy()
108 def mergeItems(self, struct: Struct, *nameList: str) -> None:
109 """Copy specified fields from another struct, provided they don't
110 already exist.
112 Parameters
113 ----------
114 struct : `Struct`
115 `Struct` from which to copy.
116 *nameList : `str`
117 All remaining arguments are names of items to copy.
119 Returns
120 -------
121 None
123 Raises
124 ------
125 RuntimeError
126 Raised if any item in nameList already exists in self (but any
127 items before the conflicting item in nameList will have been
128 copied).
130 Examples
131 --------
132 For example::
134 foo.copyItems(other, "itemName1", "itemName2")
136 copies ``other.itemName1`` and ``other.itemName2`` into self.
137 """
138 for name in nameList:
139 self.__safeAdd(name, getattr(struct, name))
141 def copy(self) -> Struct:
142 """Make a one-level-deep copy (values are not copied).
144 Returns
145 -------
146 copy : `Struct`
147 One-level-deep copy of this Struct.
148 """
149 return Struct(**self.getDict())
151 def __len__(self) -> int:
152 return len(self.__dict__)
154 def __repr__(self) -> str:
155 itemsStr = "; ".join(f"{name}={val}" for name, val in self.getDict().items())
156 return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({itemsStr})"