Source code for ax.utils.common.serialization

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
#
# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.

import inspect
import pydoc
from types import FunctionType
from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Type


# https://stackoverflow.com/a/39235373
[docs]def named_tuple_to_dict(data: Any) -> Any:
    """Recursively convert NamedTuples to dictionaries."""
    if isinstance(data, dict):
        return {key: named_tuple_to_dict(value) for key, value in data.items()}
    elif isinstance(data, list):
        return [named_tuple_to_dict(value) for value in data]
    elif _is_named_tuple(data):
        return {
            key: named_tuple_to_dict(value) for key, value in data._asdict().items()
        }
    elif isinstance(data, tuple):
        return tuple(named_tuple_to_dict(value) for value in data)
    else:
        return data


# https://stackoverflow.com/a/2166841
def _is_named_tuple(x: Any) -> bool:
    """Return True if x is an instance of NamedTuple."""
    t = type(x)
    b = t.__bases__
    if len(b) != 1 or b[0] != tuple:
        return False
    f = getattr(t, "_fields", None)
    if not isinstance(f, tuple):
        return False  # pragma nocover
    return all(type(n) == str for n in f)


[docs]def callable_to_reference(callable: Callable) -> str:
    """Obtains path to the callable of form <module>.<name>."""
    if not isinstance(callable, (FunctionType, type)):
        raise TypeError(f"Expected to encode function or class, got: {callable}.")
    name = f"{callable.__module__}.{callable.__qualname__}"
    try:
        assert pydoc.locate(name) is callable
        return name
    except Exception as err:
        raise TypeError(
            f"Callable {callable.__qualname__} is not properly exposed in "
            f"{callable.__module__} (exception: {err})."
        )


[docs]def callable_from_reference(path: str) -> Callable:
    """Retrieves a callable by its path."""
    return pydoc.locate(path)  # pyre-ignore[7]


[docs]def serialize_init_args(
    object: Any, exclude_fields: Optional[List[str]] = None
) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """Given an object, return a dictionary of the arguments that are
    needed by its constructor.
    """
    properties = {}
    exclude_args = ["self", "args", "kwargs"] + (exclude_fields or [])
    signature = inspect.signature(object.__class__.__init__)
    for arg in signature.parameters:
        if arg in exclude_args:
            continue
        try:
            value = getattr(object, arg)
        except AttributeError:
            raise AttributeError(
                f"{object.__class__} is missing a value for {arg}, "
                f"which is needed by its constructor."
            )
        properties[arg] = value
    return properties


[docs]def extract_init_args(args: Dict[str, Any], class_: Type) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    """Given a dictionary, extract the arguments required for the
    given class's constructor.
    """
    init_args = {}
    signature = inspect.signature(class_.__init__)
    for arg, info in signature.parameters.items():
        if arg in ["self", "args", "kwargs"]:
            continue
        value = args.get(arg)
        if value is None:
            # Only necessary to raise an exception if there is no default
            # value for this argument
            if info.default is inspect.Parameter.empty:
                raise ValueError(
                    f"Cannot decode to class {class_} because required argument {arg} "
                    "is missing. If that's not the class you were intending to decode, "
                    "make sure you have updated your metric or runner registries."
                )
            else:
                # Constructor will use default value
                continue  # pragma: no cover
        init_args[arg] = value
    return init_args