control interface now supports `TaskPool` instances:

dotted paths to coroutine functions can be passed to the parser as arguments for methods like `map`;
parser supports literal evaluation for the argument iterables in methods like `map`;
minor fixes

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = asyncio-taskpool
-version = 0.6.4
+version = 0.7.0
 author = Daniil Fajnberg
 author_email = mail@daniil.fajnberg.de
 description = Dynamically manage pools of asyncio tasks

src/asyncio_taskpool/control/parser.py

@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ This module contains the the definition of the `ControlParser` class used by a c
 
 
 from argparse import Action, ArgumentParser, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, HelpFormatter, SUPPRESS
+from ast import literal_eval
 from asyncio.streams import StreamWriter
 from inspect import Parameter, getmembers, isfunction, signature
 from shutil import get_terminal_size
-from typing import Any, Callable, Container, Dict, Set, Type, TypeVar
+from typing import Any, Callable, Container, Dict, Iterable, Set, Type, TypeVar
 
 from ..constants import CLIENT_INFO, CMD, STREAM_WRITER
 from ..exceptions import HelpRequested, ParserError
-from ..helpers import get_first_doc_line
+from ..helpers import get_first_doc_line, resolve_dotted_path
+from ..types import ArgsT, CancelCB, CoroutineFunc, EndCB, KwArgsT
 
 
 FmtCls = TypeVar('FmtCls', bound=Type[HelpFormatter])
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ class ControlParser(ArgumentParser):
             kwargs.setdefault('nargs', '*')
         if not kwargs.get('action') == 'store_true':
             # Set the type from the parameter annotation.
-            kwargs.setdefault('type', _get_arg_type_wrapper(parameter.annotation))
+            kwargs.setdefault('type', _get_type_from_annotation(parameter.annotation))
         return self.add_argument(*name_or_flags, **kwargs)
 
     def add_function_args(self, function: Callable, omit: Container[str] = OMIT_PARAMS_DEFAULT) -> None:
@@ -300,3 +302,11 @@ def _get_arg_type_wrapper(cls: Type) -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
     # Copy the name of the class to maintain useful help messages when incorrect arguments are passed.
     wrapper.__name__ = cls.__name__
     return wrapper
+
+
+def _get_type_from_annotation(annotation: Type) -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
+    if any(annotation is t for t in {CoroutineFunc, EndCB, CancelCB}):
+        annotation = resolve_dotted_path
+    if any(annotation is t for t in {ArgsT, KwArgsT, Iterable[ArgsT], Iterable[KwArgsT]}):
+        annotation = literal_eval
+    return _get_arg_type_wrapper(annotation)

src/asyncio_taskpool/control/server.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from .session import ControlSession
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ControlServer(ABC):  # TODO: Implement interface for normal TaskPool instances, not just SimpleTaskPool
+class ControlServer(ABC):
     """
     Abstract base class for a task pool control server.
 

src/asyncio_taskpool/helpers.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Miscellaneous helper functions. None of these should be considered part of the p
 
 from asyncio.coroutines import iscoroutinefunction
 from asyncio.queues import Queue
+from importlib import import_module
 from inspect import getdoc
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
 
@@ -63,3 +64,22 @@ async def return_or_exception(_function_to_execute: AnyCallableT, *args, **kwarg
             return _function_to_execute(*args, **kwargs)
     except Exception as e:
         return e
+
+
+def resolve_dotted_path(dotted_path: str) -> object:
+    """
+    Resolves a dotted path to a global object and returns that object.
+
+    Algorithm shamelessly stolen from the `logging.config` module from the standard library.
+    """
+    names = dotted_path.split('.')
+    module_name = names.pop(0)
+    found = import_module(module_name)
+    for name in names:
+        try:
+            found = getattr(found, name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            module_name += f'.{name}'
+            import_module(module_name)
+            found = getattr(found, name)
+    return found

tests/test_control/test_parser.py

@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.control.parser` module.
 
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, HelpFormatter, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, RawTextHelpFormatter, SUPPRESS
+from ast import literal_eval
 from inspect import signature
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
+from typing import Iterable
 
 from asyncio_taskpool.control import parser
 from asyncio_taskpool.exceptions import HelpRequested, ParserError
+from asyncio_taskpool.helpers import resolve_dotted_path
+from asyncio_taskpool.types import ArgsT, CancelCB, CoroutineFunc, EndCB, KwArgsT
 
 
 FOO, BAR = 'foo', 'bar'
@@ -194,11 +198,11 @@ class ControlServerTestCase(TestCase):
             self.parser.print_help(arg)
         mock_print_help.assert_called_once_with(arg)
 
-    @patch.object(parser, '_get_arg_type_wrapper')
+    @patch.object(parser, '_get_type_from_annotation')
     @patch.object(parser.ArgumentParser, 'add_argument')
-    def test_add_function_arg(self, mock_add_argument: MagicMock, mock__get_arg_type_wrapper: MagicMock):
+    def test_add_function_arg(self, mock_add_argument: MagicMock, mock__get_type_from_annotation: MagicMock):
         mock_add_argument.return_value = expected_output = 'action'
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.return_value = mock_type = 'fake'
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.return_value = mock_type = 'fake'
 
         foo_type, args_type, bar_type, baz_type, boo_type = tuple, str, int, float, complex
         bar_default, baz_default, boo_default = 1, 0.1, 1j
@@ -211,42 +215,42 @@ class ControlServerTestCase(TestCase):
         kwargs = {FOO + BAR: 'xyz'}
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_foo, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('foo', type=mock_type, **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(foo_type)
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_called_once_with(foo_type)
 
         mock_add_argument.reset_mock()
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.reset_mock()
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_args, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('args', nargs='*', type=mock_type, **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(args_type)
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_called_once_with(args_type)
 
         mock_add_argument.reset_mock()
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.reset_mock()
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_bar, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('-b', '--bar', default=bar_default, type=mock_type, **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(bar_type)
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_called_once_with(bar_type)
 
         mock_add_argument.reset_mock()
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.reset_mock()
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_baz, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('-B', '--baz', default=baz_default, type=mock_type, **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(baz_type)
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_called_once_with(baz_type)
 
         mock_add_argument.reset_mock()
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.reset_mock()
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_boo, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('--boo', default=boo_default, type=mock_type, **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(boo_type)
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_called_once_with(boo_type)
 
         mock_add_argument.reset_mock()
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.reset_mock()
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_output, self.parser.add_function_arg(param_flag, **kwargs))
         mock_add_argument.assert_called_once_with('-f', '--flag', action='store_true', **kwargs)
-        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_not_called()
+        mock__get_type_from_annotation.assert_not_called()
 
     @patch.object(parser.ControlParser, 'add_function_arg')
     def test_add_function_args(self, mock_add_function_arg: MagicMock):
@@ -266,3 +270,20 @@ class RestTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('int', type_wrap.__name__)
         self.assertEqual(SUPPRESS, type_wrap(SUPPRESS))
         self.assertEqual(13, type_wrap('13'))
+
+    @patch.object(parser, '_get_arg_type_wrapper')
+    def test__get_type_from_annotation(self, mock__get_arg_type_wrapper: MagicMock):
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.return_value = expected_output = FOO + BAR
+        dotted_path_ann = [CoroutineFunc, EndCB, CancelCB]
+        literal_eval_ann = [ArgsT, KwArgsT, Iterable[ArgsT], Iterable[KwArgsT]]
+        any_other_ann = MagicMock()
+        for a in dotted_path_ann:
+            self.assertEqual(expected_output, parser._get_type_from_annotation(a))
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_has_calls(len(dotted_path_ann) * [call(resolve_dotted_path)])
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        for a in literal_eval_ann:
+            self.assertEqual(expected_output, parser._get_type_from_annotation(a))
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_has_calls(len(literal_eval_ann) * [call(literal_eval)])
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.reset_mock()
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, parser._get_type_from_annotation(any_other_ann))
+        mock__get_arg_type_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(any_other_ann)

tests/test_helpers.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.helpers` module.
 
 
 from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock, AsyncMock, NonCallableMagicMock
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, AsyncMock, NonCallableMagicMock, call, patch
 
 from asyncio_taskpool import helpers
 
@@ -118,3 +118,13 @@ class HelpersTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         output = await helpers.return_or_exception(mock_func, *args, **kwargs)
         self.assertEqual(test_exception, output)
         mock_func.assert_called_once_with(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def test_resolve_dotted_path(self):
+        from logging import WARNING
+        from urllib.request import urlopen
+        self.assertEqual(WARNING, helpers.resolve_dotted_path('logging.WARNING'))
+        self.assertEqual(urlopen, helpers.resolve_dotted_path('urllib.request.urlopen'))
+        with patch.object(helpers, 'import_module', return_value=object) as mock_import_module:
+            with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+                helpers.resolve_dotted_path('foo.bar.baz')
+            mock_import_module.assert_has_calls([call('foo'), call('foo.bar')])

usage/example_server.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along w
 If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
 
 __doc__ = """
-Working example of a UnixControlServer in combination with the SimpleTaskPool.
+Working example of a TCPControlServer in combination with the SimpleTaskPool.
 Use the main CLI client to interface at the socket.
 """