import_helpers.py

# Copyright 2022 MosaicML Composer authors
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

"""Dynamically import a Python object (e.g. module, class, function, ...)."""

import importlib
from typing import Any, Optional

__all__ = ['MissingConditionalImportError', 'import_object']


class MissingConditionalImportError(ImportError):
    """Handles errors for external packages that might not be installed.

    Args:
        extra_deps_group (str): the pip package group, found in setup.py. For example, nlp for `mosaicml[nlp]`.
        conda_package (str, optional): The package(s) to install if using conda.
        conda_channel (str, optional): The conda channel to install packages from. Set to ``None`` if the
            package is not published on conda and must be installed via pip.
    """

    def __init__(self, extra_deps_group: str, conda_package: str, conda_channel: Optional[str] = 'conda-forge'):
        if conda_channel:
            conda_command = f'conda install -c {conda_channel} {conda_package}'
        else:
            # Install via pip, as these packages are not installed via conda.
            conda_command = f'pip install {conda_package}'
        super().__init__(
            (f'Composer was installed without {extra_deps_group} support. To use {extra_deps_group} related '
             f"packages, with Composer, run `pip install 'mosaicml[{extra_deps_group}]'` if using pip or "
             f'`{conda_command}` if using Anaconda.'
             ''))


def import_object(name: str) -> Any:
    """Dynamically import a Python object (e.g. class, function, ...).

    .. note::

        To dynamically import a module, use :func:`importlib.import_module`.

    Args:
        name (str): The path to the Python object to import.

            Separate the module name and class name with a ``':'`` (e.g. ``'path.to.module:function_name'``).

            Example:

                >>> from composer.utils import import_object
                >>> import_object('functools:partial')
                <class 'functools.partial'>

            .. note::

                The module name must be discoverale with the Python path, as determined by :attr:`sys.path`.

    Returns:
        Any: The imported object.
    """
    module_name, object_name = name.split(':')
    module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
    return getattr(module, object_name)