BaseStarSelectorTask

class lsst.meas.algorithms.BaseStarSelectorTask(schema, **kwds)

Bases: lsst.pipe.base.Task

Base class for star selectors

Register all star selectors with the starSelectorRegistry using:
starSelectorRegistry.register(name, class)

Attributes Summary

usesMatches

Methods Summary

emptyMetadata() Empty (clear) the metadata for this Task and all sub-Tasks.
getFullMetadata() Get metadata for all tasks.
getFullName() Get the task name as a hierarchical name including parent task names.
getName() Get the name of the task.
getTaskDict() Get a dictionary of all tasks as a shallow copy.
makeField(doc) Make a lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField for this task.
makeSubtask(name, **keyArgs) Create a subtask as a new instance as the name attribute of this task.
run(exposure, sourceCat[, matches, isStarField]) Select stars and set a flag field True for stars in the input catalog.
selectStars(exposure, sourceCat[, matches]) Return a catalog of stars: a subset of sourceCat whose records are shallow copies
timer(name, logLevel) Context manager to log performance data for an arbitrary block of code.

Attributes Documentation

usesMatches = False

Methods Documentation

emptyMetadata() → None

Empty (clear) the metadata for this Task and all sub-Tasks.

getFullMetadata() → lsst.pipe.base._task_metadata.TaskMetadata

Get metadata for all tasks.

Returns:
metadata : TaskMetadata

The keys are the full task name. Values are metadata for the top-level task and all subtasks, sub-subtasks, etc.

Notes

The returned metadata includes timing information (if @timer.timeMethod is used) and any metadata set by the task. The name of each item consists of the full task name with . replaced by :, followed by . and the name of the item, e.g.:

topLevelTaskName:subtaskName:subsubtaskName.itemName

using : in the full task name disambiguates the rare situation that a task has a subtask and a metadata item with the same name.

getFullName() → str

Get the task name as a hierarchical name including parent task names.

Returns:
fullName : str

The full name consists of the name of the parent task and each subtask separated by periods. For example:

  • The full name of top-level task “top” is simply “top”.
  • The full name of subtask “sub” of top-level task “top” is “top.sub”.
  • The full name of subtask “sub2” of subtask “sub” of top-level task “top” is “top.sub.sub2”.
getName() → str

Get the name of the task.

Returns:
taskName : str

Name of the task.

See also

getFullName
getTaskDict() → Dict[str, weakref.ReferenceType[lsst.pipe.base.task.Task]]

Get a dictionary of all tasks as a shallow copy.

Returns:
taskDict : dict

Dictionary containing full task name: task object for the top-level task and all subtasks, sub-subtasks, etc.

classmethod makeField(doc: str) → lsst.pex.config.configurableField.ConfigurableField

Make a lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField for this task.

Parameters:
doc : str

Help text for the field.

Returns:
configurableField : lsst.pex.config.ConfigurableField

A ConfigurableField for this task.

Examples

Provides a convenient way to specify this task is a subtask of another task.

Here is an example of use:

class OtherTaskConfig(lsst.pex.config.Config):
    aSubtask = ATaskClass.makeField("brief description of task")
makeSubtask(name: str, **keyArgs) → None

Create a subtask as a new instance as the name attribute of this task.

Parameters:
name : str

Brief name of the subtask.

keyArgs

Extra keyword arguments used to construct the task. The following arguments are automatically provided and cannot be overridden:

  • “config”.
  • “parentTask”.

Notes

The subtask must be defined by Task.config.name, an instance of ConfigurableField or RegistryField.

run(exposure, sourceCat, matches=None, isStarField=None)

Select stars and set a flag field True for stars in the input catalog.

Parameters:
exposure : lsst.afw.image.Exposure

the exposure containing the sources

sourceCat : lsst.afw.table.SourceCatalog

catalog of sources that may be stars

matches : lsst.afw.table.ReferenceMatchVector or None

astrometric matches; ignored by this star selector. Some star selectors will ignore this argument, others may require it. See the usesMatches class variable.

isStarField : str

name of flag field to set True for stars, or None to not set a field; the field is left unchanged for non-stars

Returns:
struct : lsst.pipe.base.Struct
Result struct containing:
  • starCat catalog of stars that were selected as stars and successfuly made into PSF candidates
    (a subset of sourceCat whose records are shallow copies)
selectStars(exposure, sourceCat, matches=None)

Return a catalog of stars: a subset of sourceCat whose records are shallow copies

Parameters:
exposure : lsst.afw.image.Exposure

The exposure containing the sources.

sourceCat : lsst.afw.table.SourceCatalog

Catalog of sources that may be stars.

matches : lsst.afw.table.ReferenceMatchVector or None

astrometric matches; ignored by this star selector. Some star selectors will ignore this argument, others may require it. See the usesMatches class variable.

Returns:
struct : lsst.pipe.base.Struct

Result Struct containing:

starCat

Catalog of stars that were selected as stars and successfuly made into PSF candidates (a subset of sourceCat whose records are shallow copies). (lsst.afw.table.SourceCatalog)

Notes

Warning: The returned catalog must have records that are shallow copies (fortunately this is the default behavior when you add a record from one catalog to another); otherwise the run method cannot set the isStarField flag in the original source catalog.

timer(name: str, logLevel: int = 10) → Iterator[None]

Context manager to log performance data for an arbitrary block of code.

Parameters:
name : str

Name of code being timed; data will be logged using item name: Start and End.

logLevel

A logging level constant.

See also

timer.logInfo

Examples

Creating a timer context:

with self.timer("someCodeToTime"):
    pass  # code to time