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import dataclasses
import json
import sys
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from enum import Enum
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Iterable, List, NewType, Optional, Tuple, Union
DataClass = NewType("DataClass", Any)
DataClassType = NewType("DataClassType", Any)
[docs]class HfArgumentParser(ArgumentParser):
"""
This subclass of `argparse.ArgumentParser` uses type hints on dataclasses to generate arguments.
The class is designed to play well with the native argparse. In particular, you can add more (non-dataclass backed)
arguments to the parser after initialization and you'll get the output back after parsing as an additional
namespace.
"""
dataclass_types: Iterable[DataClassType]
def __init__(self, dataclass_types: Union[DataClassType, Iterable[DataClassType]], **kwargs):
"""
Args:
dataclass_types:
Dataclass type, or list of dataclass types for which we will "fill" instances with the parsed args.
kwargs:
(Optional) Passed to `argparse.ArgumentParser()` in the regular way.
"""
super().__init__(**kwargs)
if dataclasses.is_dataclass(dataclass_types):
dataclass_types = [dataclass_types]
self.dataclass_types = dataclass_types
for dtype in self.dataclass_types:
self._add_dataclass_arguments(dtype)
def _add_dataclass_arguments(self, dtype: DataClassType):
for field in dataclasses.fields(dtype):
field_name = f"--{field.name}"
kwargs = field.metadata.copy()
# field.metadata is not used at all by Data Classes,
# it is provided as a third-party extension mechanism.
if isinstance(field.type, str):
raise ImportError(
"This implementation is not compatible with Postponed Evaluation of Annotations (PEP 563),"
"which can be opted in from Python 3.7 with `from __future__ import annotations`."
"We will add compatibility when Python 3.9 is released."
)
typestring = str(field.type)
for prim_type in (int, float, str):
for collection in (List,):
if typestring == f"typing.Union[{collection[prim_type]}, NoneType]":
field.type = collection[prim_type]
if typestring == f"typing.Union[{prim_type.__name__}, NoneType]":
field.type = prim_type
if isinstance(field.type, type) and issubclass(field.type, Enum):
kwargs["choices"] = list(field.type)
kwargs["type"] = field.type
if field.default is not dataclasses.MISSING:
kwargs["default"] = field.default
elif field.type is bool or field.type is Optional[bool]:
if field.type is bool or (field.default is not None and field.default is not dataclasses.MISSING):
kwargs["action"] = "store_false" if field.default is True else "store_true"
if field.default is True:
field_name = f"--no_{field.name}"
kwargs["dest"] = field.name
elif hasattr(field.type, "__origin__") and issubclass(field.type.__origin__, List):
kwargs["nargs"] = "+"
kwargs["type"] = field.type.__args__[0]
assert all(
x == kwargs["type"] for x in field.type.__args__
), "{} cannot be a List of mixed types".format(field.name)
if field.default_factory is not dataclasses.MISSING:
kwargs["default"] = field.default_factory()
else:
kwargs["type"] = field.type
if field.default is not dataclasses.MISSING:
kwargs["default"] = field.default
elif field.default_factory is not dataclasses.MISSING:
kwargs["default"] = field.default_factory()
else:
kwargs["required"] = True
self.add_argument(field_name, **kwargs)
def parse_args_into_dataclasses(
self, args=None, return_remaining_strings=False, look_for_args_file=True, args_filename=None
) -> Tuple[DataClass, ...]:
"""
Parse command-line args into instances of the specified dataclass types.
This relies on argparse's `ArgumentParser.parse_known_args`. See the doc at:
docs.python.org/3.7/library/argparse.html#argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_args
Args:
args:
List of strings to parse. The default is taken from sys.argv. (same as argparse.ArgumentParser)
return_remaining_strings:
If true, also return a list of remaining argument strings.
look_for_args_file:
If true, will look for a ".args" file with the same base name as the entry point script for this
process, and will append its potential content to the command line args.
args_filename:
If not None, will uses this file instead of the ".args" file specified in the previous argument.
Returns:
Tuple consisting of:
- the dataclass instances in the same order as they were passed to the initializer.abspath
- if applicable, an additional namespace for more (non-dataclass backed) arguments added to the parser
after initialization.
- The potential list of remaining argument strings. (same as argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_known_args)
"""
if args_filename or (look_for_args_file and len(sys.argv)):
if args_filename:
args_file = Path(args_filename)
else:
args_file = Path(sys.argv[0]).with_suffix(".args")
if args_file.exists():
fargs = args_file.read_text().split()
args = fargs + args if args is not None else fargs + sys.argv[1:]
# in case of duplicate arguments the first one has precedence
# so we append rather than prepend.
namespace, remaining_args = self.parse_known_args(args=args)
outputs = []
for dtype in self.dataclass_types:
keys = {f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(dtype)}
inputs = {k: v for k, v in vars(namespace).items() if k in keys}
for k in keys:
delattr(namespace, k)
obj = dtype(**inputs)
outputs.append(obj)
if len(namespace.__dict__) > 0:
# additional namespace.
outputs.append(namespace)
if return_remaining_strings:
return (*outputs, remaining_args)
else:
if remaining_args:
raise ValueError(f"Some specified arguments are not used by the HfArgumentParser: {remaining_args}")
return (*outputs,)
def parse_json_file(self, json_file: str) -> Tuple[DataClass, ...]:
"""
Alternative helper method that does not use `argparse` at all, instead loading a json file and populating the
dataclass types.
"""
data = json.loads(Path(json_file).read_text())
outputs = []
for dtype in self.dataclass_types:
keys = {f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(dtype)}
inputs = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in keys}
obj = dtype(**inputs)
outputs.append(obj)
return (*outputs,)
def parse_dict(self, args: dict) -> Tuple[DataClass, ...]:
"""
Alternative helper method that does not use `argparse` at all, instead uses a dict and populating the dataclass
types.
"""
outputs = []
for dtype in self.dataclass_types:
keys = {f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(dtype)}
inputs = {k: v for k, v in args.items() if k in keys}
obj = dtype(**inputs)
outputs.append(obj)
return (*outputs,)