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# Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
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"""This modules contains flags DEFINE functions.

Do NOT import this module directly. Import the flags package and use the
aliases defined at the package level instead.
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import sys
import types

from absl.flags import _argument_parser
from absl.flags import _exceptions
from absl.flags import _flag
from absl.flags import _flagvalues
from absl.flags import _helpers
from absl.flags import _validators


_helpers.disclaim_module_ids.add(id(sys.modules[__name__]))


def _register_bounds_validator_if_needed(parser, name, flag_values):
  """Enforces lower and upper bounds for numeric flags.

  Args:
    parser: NumericParser (either FloatParser or IntegerParser), provides lower
        and upper bounds, and help text to display.
    name: str, name of the flag
    flag_values: FlagValues.
  """
  if parser.lower_bound is not None or parser.upper_bound is not None:

    def checker(value):
      if value is not None and parser.is_outside_bounds(value):
        message = '%s is not %s' % (value, parser.syntactic_help)
        raise _exceptions.ValidationError(message)
      return True

    _validators.register_validator(name, checker, flag_values=flag_values)


def DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin,invalid-name
           serializer=None, module_name=None, **args):
  """Registers a generic Flag object.

  NOTE: in the docstrings of all DEFINE* functions, "registers" is short
  for "creates a new flag and registers it".

  Auxiliary function: clients should use the specialized DEFINE_<type>
  function instead.

  Args:
    parser: ArgumentParser, used to parse the flag arguments.
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: The default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    serializer: ArgumentSerializer, the flag serializer instance.
    module_name: str, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to Flag __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(_flag.Flag(parser, serializer, name, default, help, **args),
              flag_values, module_name)


def DEFINE_flag(flag, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, module_name=None):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
  """Registers a 'Flag' object with a 'FlagValues' object.

  By default, the global FLAGS 'FlagValue' object is used.

  Typical users will use one of the more specialized DEFINE_xxx
  functions, such as DEFINE_string or DEFINE_integer.  But developers
  who need to create Flag objects themselves should use this function
  to register their flags.

  Args:
    flag: Flag, a flag that is key to the module.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: str, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
  """
  # Copying the reference to flag_values prevents pychecker warnings.
  fv = flag_values
  fv[flag.name] = flag
  # Tell flag_values who's defining the flag.
  if module_name:
    module = sys.modules.get(module_name)
  else:
    module, module_name = _helpers.get_calling_module_object_and_name()
  flag_values.register_flag_by_module(module_name, flag)
  flag_values.register_flag_by_module_id(id(module), flag)


def _internal_declare_key_flags(
    flag_names, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, key_flag_values=None):
  """Declares a flag as key for the calling module.

  Internal function.  User code should call declare_key_flag or
  adopt_module_key_flags instead.

  Args:
    flag_names: [str], a list of strings that are names of already-registered
        Flag objects.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flags listed
        in flag_names have registered (the value of the flag_values
        argument from the DEFINE_* calls that defined those flags).
        This should almost never need to be overridden.
    key_flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance that (among possibly
        many other things) keeps track of the key flags for each module.
        Default None means "same as flag_values".  This should almost
        never need to be overridden.

  Raises:
    UnrecognizedFlagError: Raised when the flag is not defined.
  """
  key_flag_values = key_flag_values or flag_values

  module = _helpers.get_calling_module()

  for flag_name in flag_names:
    flag = flag_values[flag_name]
    key_flag_values.register_key_flag_for_module(module, flag)


def declare_key_flag(flag_name, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS):
  """Declares one flag as key to the current module.

  Key flags are flags that are deemed really important for a module.
  They are important when listing help messages; e.g., if the
  --helpshort command-line flag is used, then only the key flags of the
  main module are listed (instead of all flags, as in the case of
  --helpfull).

  Sample usage:

    flags.declare_key_flag('flag_1')

  Args:
    flag_name: str, the name of an already declared flag.
        (Redeclaring flags as key, including flags implicitly key
        because they were declared in this module, is a no-op.)
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance in which the flag will
        be declared as a key flag. This should almost never need to be
        overridden.

  Raises:
    ValueError: Raised if flag_name not defined as a Python flag.
  """
  if flag_name in _helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS:
    # Take care of the special flags, e.g., --flagfile, --undefok.
    # These flags are defined in SPECIAL_FLAGS, and are treated
    # specially during flag parsing, taking precedence over the
    # user-defined flags.
    _internal_declare_key_flags([flag_name],
                                flag_values=_helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS,
                                key_flag_values=flag_values)
    return
  try:
    _internal_declare_key_flags([flag_name], flag_values=flag_values)
  except KeyError:
    raise ValueError('Flag --%s is undefined. To set a flag as a key flag '
                     'first define it in Python.' % flag_name)


def adopt_module_key_flags(module, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS):
  """Declares that all flags key to a module are key to the current module.

  Args:
    module: module, the module object from which all key flags will be declared
        as key flags to the current module.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance in which the flags will
        be declared as key flags. This should almost never need to be
        overridden.

  Raises:
    Error: Raised when given an argument that is a module name (a string),
        instead of a module object.
  """
  if not isinstance(module, types.ModuleType):
    raise _exceptions.Error('Expected a module object, not %r.' % (module,))
  _internal_declare_key_flags(
      [f.name for f in flag_values.get_key_flags_for_module(module.__name__)],
      flag_values=flag_values)
  # If module is this flag module, take _helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS into account.
  if module == _helpers.FLAGS_MODULE:
    _internal_declare_key_flags(
        # As we associate flags with get_calling_module_object_and_name(), the
        # special flags defined in this module are incorrectly registered with
        # a different module.  So, we can't use get_key_flags_for_module.
        # Instead, we take all flags from _helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS (a private
        # FlagValues, where no other module should register flags).
        [_helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS[name].name for name in _helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS],
        flag_values=_helpers.SPECIAL_FLAGS,
        key_flag_values=flag_values)


def disclaim_key_flags():
  """Declares that the current module will not define any more key flags.

  Normally, the module that calls the DEFINE_xxx functions claims the
  flag to be its key flag.  This is undesirable for modules that
  define additional DEFINE_yyy functions with its own flag parsers and
  serializers, since that module will accidentally claim flags defined
  by DEFINE_yyy as its key flags.  After calling this function, the
  module disclaims flag definitions thereafter, so the key flags will
  be correctly attributed to the caller of DEFINE_yyy.

  After calling this function, the module will not be able to define
  any more flags.  This function will affect all FlagValues objects.
  """
  globals_for_caller = sys._getframe(1).f_globals  # pylint: disable=protected-access
  module, _ = _helpers.get_module_object_and_name(globals_for_caller)
  _helpers.disclaim_module_ids.add(id(module))


def DEFINE_string(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be any string."""
  parser = _argument_parser.ArgumentParser()
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, **args)


def DEFINE_boolean(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, module_name=None,
    **args):
  """Registers a boolean flag.

  Such a boolean flag does not take an argument.  If a user wants to
  specify a false value explicitly, the long option beginning with 'no'
  must be used: i.e. --noflag

  This flag will have a value of None, True or False.  None is possible
  if default=None and the user does not specify the flag on the command
  line.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: bool|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: str, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to Flag __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(_flag.BooleanFlag(name, default, help, **args),
              flag_values, module_name)


def DEFINE_float(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None,
    flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):   # pylint: disable=invalid-name
  """Registers a flag whose value must be a float.

  If lower_bound or upper_bound are set, then this flag must be
  within the given range.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: float|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    lower_bound: float, min value of the flag.
    upper_bound: float, max value of the flag.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to DEFINE.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.FloatParser(lower_bound, upper_bound)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, **args)
  _register_bounds_validator_if_needed(parser, name, flag_values=flag_values)


def DEFINE_integer(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None,
    flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value must be an integer.

  If lower_bound, or upper_bound are set, then this flag must be
  within the given range.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: int|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    lower_bound: int, min value of the flag.
    upper_bound: int, max value of the flag.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to DEFINE.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.IntegerParser(lower_bound, upper_bound)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, **args)
  _register_bounds_validator_if_needed(parser, name, flag_values=flag_values)


def DEFINE_enum(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, enum_values, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    module_name=None, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be any string from enum_values.

  Instead of a string enum, prefer `DEFINE_enum_class`, which allows
  defining enums from an `enum.Enum` class.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: str|None, the default value of the flag.
    enum_values: [str], a non-empty list of strings with the possible values for
        the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: str, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to Flag __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(_flag.EnumFlag(name, default, help, enum_values, **args),
              flag_values, module_name)


def DEFINE_enum_class(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, enum_class, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    module_name=None, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be the name of enum members.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Enum|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    enum_class: class, the Enum class with all the possible values for the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: str, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: dict, the extra keyword args that are passed to Flag __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(_flag.EnumClassFlag(name, default, help, enum_class, **args),
              flag_values, module_name)


def DEFINE_list(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value is a comma-separated list of strings.

  The flag value is parsed with a CSV parser.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: list|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.ListParser()
  serializer = _argument_parser.CsvListSerializer(',')
  DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, **args)


def DEFINE_spaceseplist(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, comma_compat=False, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value is a whitespace-separated list of strings.

  Any whitespace can be used as a separator.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: list|str|None, the default value of the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    comma_compat: bool - Whether to support comma as an additional separator.
        If false then only whitespace is supported.  This is intended only for
        backwards compatibility with flags that used to be comma-separated.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.WhitespaceSeparatedListParser(
      comma_compat=comma_compat)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ListSerializer(' ')
  DEFINE(parser, name, default, help, flag_values, serializer, **args)


def DEFINE_multi(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    parser, serializer, name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    module_name=None, **args):
  """Registers a generic MultiFlag that parses its args with a given parser.

  Auxiliary function.  Normal users should NOT use it directly.

  Developers who need to create their own 'Parser' classes for options
  which can appear multiple times can call this module function to
  register their flags.

  Args:
    parser: ArgumentParser, used to parse the flag arguments.
    serializer: ArgumentSerializer, the flag serializer instance.
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[T], Text, None], the default value of the flag.
        If the value is text, it will be parsed as if it was provided from
        the command line. If the value is a non-string iterable, it will be
        iterated over to create a shallow copy of the values. If it is None,
        it is left as-is.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: A string, the name of the Python module declaring this flag.
        If not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(_flag.MultiFlag(parser, serializer, name, default, help, **args),
              flag_values, module_name)


def DEFINE_multi_string(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be a list of any strings.

  Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
  string values into the list.  The 'default' may be a single string
  (which will be converted into a single-element list) or a list of
  strings.


  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[Text], Text, None], the default value of the flag;
        see `DEFINE_multi`.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.ArgumentParser()
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE_multi(parser, serializer, name, default, help, flag_values, **args)


def DEFINE_multi_integer(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None,
    flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be a list of arbitrary integers.

  Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
  integer values into the list.  The 'default' may be a single integer
  (which will be converted into a single-element list) or a list of
  integers.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[int], Text, None], the default value of the flag;
        see `DEFINE_multi`.
    help: str, the help message.
    lower_bound: int, min values of the flag.
    upper_bound: int, max values of the flag.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.IntegerParser(lower_bound, upper_bound)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE_multi(parser, serializer, name, default, help, flag_values, **args)


def DEFINE_multi_float(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, help, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None,
    flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be a list of arbitrary floats.

  Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
  float values into the list.  The 'default' may be a single float
  (which will be converted into a single-element list) or a list of
  floats.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[float], Text, None], the default value of the flag;
        see `DEFINE_multi`.
    help: str, the help message.
    lower_bound: float, min values of the flag.
    upper_bound: float, max values of the flag.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.FloatParser(lower_bound, upper_bound)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE_multi(parser, serializer, name, default, help, flag_values, **args)


def DEFINE_multi_enum(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name, default, enum_values, help, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    case_sensitive=True, **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be a list strings from enum_values.

  Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
  enum values into the list.  The 'default' may be a single string
  (which will be converted into a single-element list) or a list of
  strings.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[Text], Text, None], the default value of the flag;
        see `DEFINE_multi`.
    enum_values: [str], a non-empty list of strings with the possible values for
        the flag.
    help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    case_sensitive: Whether or not the enum is to be case-sensitive.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the
        Flag __init__.
  """
  parser = _argument_parser.EnumParser(enum_values, case_sensitive)
  serializer = _argument_parser.ArgumentSerializer()
  DEFINE_multi(parser, serializer, name, default, help, flag_values, **args)


def DEFINE_multi_enum_class(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name,redefined-builtin
    name,
    default,
    enum_class,
    help,
    flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,
    module_name=None,
    **args):
  """Registers a flag whose value can be a list of enum members.

  Use the flag on the command line multiple times to place multiple
  enum values into the list.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    default: Union[Iterable[Enum], Iterable[Text], Enum, Text, None], the
        default value of the flag; see
        `DEFINE_multi`; only differences are documented here. If the value is
        a single Enum, it is treated as a single-item list of that Enum value.
        If it is an iterable, text values within the iterable will be converted
        to the equivalent Enum objects.
    enum_class: class, the Enum class with all the possible values for the flag.
        help: str, the help message.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will be
      registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: A string, the name of the Python module declaring this flag. If
      not provided, it will be computed using the stack trace of this call.
    **args: Dictionary with extra keyword args that are passed to the Flag
      __init__.
  """
  DEFINE_flag(
      _flag.MultiEnumClassFlag(name, default, help, enum_class),
      flag_values, module_name, **args)


def DEFINE_alias(name, original_name, flag_values=_flagvalues.FLAGS,  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
                 module_name=None):
  """Defines an alias flag for an existing one.

  Args:
    name: str, the flag name.
    original_name: str, the original flag name.
    flag_values: FlagValues, the FlagValues instance with which the flag will
        be registered. This should almost never need to be overridden.
    module_name: A string, the name of the module that defines this flag.

  Raises:
    flags.FlagError:
      UnrecognizedFlagError: if the referenced flag doesn't exist.
      DuplicateFlagError: if the alias name has been used by some existing flag.
  """
  if original_name not in flag_values:
    raise _exceptions.UnrecognizedFlagError(original_name)
  flag = flag_values[original_name]

  class _Parser(_argument_parser.ArgumentParser):
    """The parser for the alias flag calls the original flag parser."""

    def parse(self, argument):
      flag.parse(argument)
      return flag.value

  class _FlagAlias(_flag.Flag):
    """Overrides Flag class so alias value is copy of original flag value."""

    @property
    def value(self):
      return flag.value

    @value.setter
    def value(self, value):
      flag.value = value

  help_msg = 'Alias for --%s.' % flag.name
  # If alias_name has been used, flags.DuplicatedFlag will be raised.
  DEFINE_flag(_FlagAlias(_Parser(), flag.serializer, name, flag.default,
                         help_msg, boolean=flag.boolean),
              flag_values, module_name)