Source code for fury.optpkg

"""Routines to support optional packages."""

import importlib
try:
    import pytest
except ImportError:
    have_pytest = False
else:
    have_pytest = True


class TripWireError(AttributeError):
    """Exception if trying to use TripWire object."""


def is_tripwire(obj):
    """Return True if `obj` appears to be a TripWire object.

    Examples
    --------
    >>> is_tripwire(object())
    False
    >>> is_tripwire(TripWire('some message'))
    True

    """
    try:
        obj.any_attribute
    except TripWireError:
        return True
    except Exception:
        pass
    return False


class TripWire(object):
    """Class raising error if used.

    Standard use is to proxy modules that we could not import

    Examples
    --------
    >>> try:
    ...     import silly_module_name
    ... except ImportError:
    ...    silly_module_name = TripWire('We do not have silly_module_name')
    >>> silly_module_name.do_silly_thing('with silly string') #doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    TripWireError: We do not have silly_module_name

    """

    def __init__(self, msg):
        self._msg = msg

    def __getattr__(self, attr_name):
        """Raise informative error accessing attributes."""
        raise TripWireError(self._msg)

    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Raise informative error while calling."""
        raise TripWireError(self._msg)


[docs]def optional_package(name, trip_msg=None): """Return package-like thing and module setup for package `name`. Parameters ---------- name : str package name trip_msg : None or str message to give when someone tries to use the return package, but we could not import it, and have returned a TripWire object instead. Default message if None. Returns ------- pkg_like : module or ``TripWire`` instance If we can import the package, return it. Otherwise return an object raising an error when accessed have_pkg : bool True if import for package was successful, false otherwise module_setup : function callable usually set as ``setup_module`` in calling namespace, to allow skipping tests. Examples -------- Typical use would be something like this at the top of a module using an optional package: >>> from fury.optpkg import optional_package >>> pkg, have_pkg, setup_module = optional_package('not_a_package') Of course in this case the package doesn't exist, and so, in the module: >>> have_pkg False and >>> pkg.some_function() #doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL Traceback (most recent call last): ... TripWireError: We need package not_a_package for these functions, but ``import not_a_package`` raised an ImportError If the module does exist - we get the module >>> pkg, _, _ = optional_package('os') >>> hasattr(pkg, 'path') True Or a submodule if that's what we asked for >>> subpkg, _, _ = optional_package('os.path') >>> hasattr(subpkg, 'dirname') True """ try: pkg = importlib.import_module(name) except ImportError: pass else: # import worked # top level module return pkg, True, lambda: None if trip_msg is None: trip_msg = ('We need package %s for these functions, but ' '``import %s`` raised an ImportError' % (name, name)) pkg = TripWire(trip_msg) def setup_module(): if have_pytest: pytest.mark.skip('No {0} for these tests'.format(name)) return pkg, False, setup_module