[Bug]: Defining custom class without docval prevents read

[rly]

What happened?

Example here: catalystneuro/ndx-anatomical-localization#1

When the constructor of a registered class uses a list of arguments instead of docval as in:

@register_class("Space", "ndx-anatomical-localization")
class Space(TempSpace):
    def __init__(self, name, space_name, origin, units, orientation):

The construct process relies on docval to set the kwargs that are passed to the class constructor:

        # build kwargs for the constructor
        kwargs = dict()
        for const_arg in get_docval(cls.__init__):
            # ...
            kwargs[argname] = val
        try:
            obj = self.__new_container__(cls, builder.source, parent, builder.attributes.get(self.__spec.id_key()),
                                         **kwargs)

Here, kwargs is empty. This results in a ConstructError on the last line above that says all required arguments are missing.

I suggest we change the construct process to use https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/inspect.html#introspecting-callables-with-the-signature-object in addition to docval until docval is removed.

This is not blocking because extension builders can still define their __init__ with docval, but it would be nice to change as we transition away from using docval.

Steps to Reproduce

See example above

Traceback

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Operating System

macOS

Python Executable

Conda

Python Version

3.12

Package Versions

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