model: Rename directory property to location

[pdxjohnny]

Support Archive Storage for Models

The goal of this project is the modify Models and DataFlows to support saving
and loading from archives (such as .zip and .tar for example).

Currently all DFFML models have a directory property, which is where they
store the contents of the model's state. It does not currently hold a copy of
the model's config.

We'll want to modify the Model's context entry and exit code to have it
pack/unpack it's config and its saved state directory from/into the archive at
location.

Skills

• Python

Difficulty

Beginner/Intermediate

Related Readings

• https://intel.github.io/dffml/master/docs/contributing/gsoc/2021/

Getting Started

• Read the contributing guidelines
  • https://intel.github.io/dffml/master/contributing/index.html
• Go through the quickstart
  • https://intel.github.io/dffml/master/quickstart/model.html
• Go trough the model tutorials
  • https://intel.github.io/dffml/master/tutorials/models/
• Go through the model plugins
  • https://intel.github.io/dffml/master/plugins/dffml_model.html
• Start programming to understand better what will need to happen. The following
  is a rough guide meant to give you some activities that will help you better
  understand what needs to be done so you can write a more complete proposal.
  • Rename the directory property to location for all models.
  • On __aenter__() of dffml.model.model.Model, if location has an
    extension, such as zip or tar, extract it to a temporary directory.
  • Write a method, get_directory(), which returns the location of the
    temporary directory property on the Model class.
  • On __aexit__() , pack the model state directory into the location, along
    with it's config.
  • Understand where all the code for models are that will potentially need to
    be changed (dffml/model and model/)
  • Make this work with test cases for the SLR model.

Potential Mentors

• John Andersen
• Yash Lamba
• Saksham Arora

Tracking and Discussion

This project is related to the following issues. Please discuss and ask
questions in the issue comments. Please also ping mentors on
Gitter when you post on the following
issues so that they are sure to see that you've commented.

• model: Rename directory property to location #662

[sudharsana-kjl]

@pdxjohnny I'd like to work on this issue

[pdxjohnny]

@sudharsana-kjl Sweet! I forgot to say sorry, we need to do #655 first

[pdxjohnny]

This could be done now, but that issue and this issue will probably change a lot of the same code, so it's probably best if we do that issue first because it needs to get done before the next release

[pdxjohnny]

And if we do both at the same time then we'll end up with a nasty merge

[sudharsana-kjl]

@pdxjohnny I'll work on #655 first and then come back to this!

[up1512001]

@pdxjohnny
I want to do this from gsoc. an intermediate level knowledge of python can do this ?

[elaineqing]

Hi, just wondering if this is still open for gsoc 2021? Thank you

[programmer290399]

Related Comment from PR#1128

On load / save, look at the extension of the location property. Create two DataFlow objects where the operations in them are dependent the extension. One dataflow for loading from the location, one for saving back to the location.

[programmer290399]

Related discussion from Weekly Sync 2021-07-13
Related discussion from Weekly Sync 2021-07-27

[ren276]

Hi ! Decided to work on this issue so anyone for a headstart ?

[programmer290399]

Hey @ren276 !!
This issue has been closed and is already implemented.
Please pick any other open issue