DatasetTypeDescriptor

class lsst.pipe.base.DatasetTypeDescriptor(datasetType, scalar)

Bases: object

Describe DatasetType and its options for PipelineTask.

This class contains DatasetType and all relevant options that are used by PipelineTask. Typically this is derived from configuration classes but sub-classes of PipelineTask can also define additional DatasetTypes that are not part of the task configuration.

Parameters:

datasetType : DatasetType

scalar : bool

True if this is a scalar dataset.

Attributes Summary

datasetType	DatasetType instance.
scalar	True if this is a scalar dataset.

Methods Summary

fromConfig(datasetConfig)

Make DatasetTypeDescriptor instance from configuration object.

Attributes Documentation

datasetType

DatasetType instance.

scalar

True if this is a scalar dataset.

Methods Documentation

classmethod fromConfig(datasetConfig)

Make DatasetTypeDescriptor instance from configuration object.

Parameters:

datasetConfig : lsst.pex.config.Config

Instance of one the InputDatasetConfig, OutputDatasetConfig, InitInputDatasetConfig, or InitOutputDatasetConfig types

Returns:

descriptor : DatasetTypeDescriptor