taskFactory.py

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"""Module defining TaskFactory interface.
"""

__all__ = ["TaskFactory"]

from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod


class TaskFactory(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    """Abstract base class for task factory.

    Task factory is responsible for creating instances of PipelineTask
    subclasses.
    """

    @abstractmethod
    def makeTask(self, taskClass, config, overrides, butler):
        """Create new PipelineTask instance from its class.

        Parameters
        ----------
        taskClass : `type`
            `PipelineTask` sub-class.
        config : `pex.Config` or `None`
            Configuration object, if `None` then use task-defined
            configuration class (``taskClass.ConfigClass``) to create new
            instance.
        overrides : `ConfigOverrides` or `None`
            Configuration overrides, this should contain all overrides to be
            applied to a default task config, including instrument-specific,
            obs-package specific, and possibly command-line overrides. This
            parameter is exclusive with ``config``, only one of the two can be
            specified as not-`None`.
        butler : `~lsst.daf.butler.Butler` or None
            Butler instance used to obtain initialization inputs for
            PipelineTasks. If `None`, some PipelineTasks will not be usable

        Returns
        -------
        task : `PipelineTask`
            Instance of a `PipelineTask` class or `None` on errors.

        Raises
        ------
        Any exceptions that are raised by PipelineTask constructor or its
        configuration class are propagated back to caller.
        """