Source code for ax.utils.common.typeutils

# 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.

# pyre-strict

from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, TypeVar


T = TypeVar("T")
V = TypeVar("V")
K = TypeVar("K")
X = TypeVar("X")
Y = TypeVar("Y")


[docs]def not_none(val: Optional[T], message: Optional[str] = None) -> T:
    """
    Unbox an optional type.

    Args:
      val: the value to cast to a non ``None`` type
      message: optional override of the default error message
    Returns:
      V:  ``val`` when ``val`` is not ``None``
    Throws:
      ValueError if ``val`` is ``None``
    """
    if val is None:
        raise ValueError(message or "Argument to `not_none` was None.")
    return val


[docs]def checked_cast(typ: Type[T], val: V, exception: Optional[Exception] = None) -> T:
    """
    Cast a value to a type (with a runtime safety check).

    Returns the value unchanged and checks its type at runtime. This signals to the
    typechecker that the value has the designated type.

    Like `typing.cast`_ ``check_cast`` performs no runtime conversion on its argument,
    but, unlike ``typing.cast``, ``checked_cast`` will throw an error if the value is
    not of the expected type. The type passed as an argument should be a python class.

    Args:
        typ: the type to cast to
        val: the value that we are casting
        exception: override exception to raise if  typecheck fails
    Returns:
        the ``val`` argument, unchanged

    .. _typing.cast: https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.cast
    """
    if not isinstance(val, typ):
        raise (
            exception
            if exception is not None
            else ValueError(f"Value was not of type {typ}:\n{val}")
        )
    return val


[docs]def checked_cast_optional(typ: Type[T], val: Optional[V]) -> Optional[T]:
    """Calls checked_cast only if value is not None."""
    if val is None:
        return val
    return checked_cast(typ, val)


[docs]def checked_cast_list(typ: Type[T], old_l: List[V]) -> List[T]:
    """Calls checked_cast on all items in a list."""
    new_l = []
    for val in old_l:
        val = checked_cast(typ, val)
        new_l.append(val)
    return new_l


[docs]def checked_cast_dict(
    key_typ: Type[K], value_typ: Type[V], d: Dict[X, Y]
) -> Dict[K, V]:
    """Calls checked_cast on all keys and values in the dictionary."""
    new_dict = {}
    for key, val in d.items():
        val = checked_cast(value_typ, val)
        key = checked_cast(key_typ, key)
        new_dict[key] = val
    return new_dict


# pyre-fixme[34]: `T` isn't present in the function's parameters.
[docs]def checked_cast_to_tuple(typ: Tuple[Type[V], ...], val: V) -> T:
    """
    Cast a value to a union of multiple types (with a runtime safety check).
    This function is similar to `checked_cast`, but allows for the type to be
    defined as a tuple of types, in which case the value is cast as a union of
    the types in the tuple.

    Args:
        typ: the tuple of types to cast to
        val: the value that we are casting
    Returns:
        the ``val`` argument, unchanged
    """
    if not isinstance(val, typ):
        raise ValueError(f"Value was not of type {type!r}:\n{val!r}")
    # pyre-fixme[7]: Expected `T` but got `V`.
    return val


# pyre-fixme[2]: Parameter annotation cannot be `Any`.
# pyre-fixme[24]: Generic type `type` expects 1 type parameter, use `typing.Type` to
#  avoid runtime subscripting errors.
def _argparse_type_encoder(arg: Any) -> Type:
    """
    Transforms arguments passed to `optimizer_argparse.__call__`
    at runtime to construct the key used for method lookup as
    `tuple(map(arg_transform, args))`.

    This custom arg_transform allow type variables to be passed
    at runtime.
    """
    # Allow type variables to be passed as arguments at runtime
    return arg if isinstance(arg, type) else type(arg)