argparse-based Python Option Configuration Codebase

import argparse
import os
from util import util
import torch
import models
import data


class BaseOptions():
    """This class defines options used during both training and test time.

    It also implements several helper functions such as parsing, printing, and saving the options.
    It also gathers additional options defined in <modify_commandline_options> functions in both dataset class and model class.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        """Reset the class; indicates the class hasn't been initailized"""
        self.initialized = False

    def initialize(self, parser):
        """Define the common options that are used in both training and test."""
        # basic parameters
        parser.add_argument('--dataroot', required=True, help='path to images (should have subfolders trainA, trainB, valA, valB, etc)')
        self.initialized = True
        return parser

    def gather_options(self):
        """Initialize our parser with basic options(only once).
        Add additional model-specific and dataset-specific options.
        These options are defined in the <modify_commandline_options> function
        in model and dataset classes.
        """
        if not self.initialized:  # check if it has been initialized
            parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
            parser = self.initialize(parser)

        # get the basic options
        opt, _ = parser.parse_known_args()

        # modify model-related parser options
        model_name = opt.model
        model_option_setter = models.get_option_setter(model_name)
        parser = model_option_setter(parser, self.isTrain)
        opt, _ = parser.parse_known_args()  # parse again with new defaults

        # modify dataset-related parser options
        dataset_name = opt.dataset_mode
        dataset_option_setter = data.get_option_setter(dataset_name)
        parser = dataset_option_setter(parser, self.isTrain)

        # save and return the parser
        self.parser = parser
        return parser.parse_args()

    def print_options(self, opt):
        """Print and save options

        It will print both current options and default values(if different).
        It will save options into a text file / [checkpoints_dir] / opt.txt
        """
        message = ''
        message += '----------------- Options ---------------\n'
        for k, v in sorted(vars(opt).items()):
            comment = ''
            default = self.parser.get_default(k)
            if v != default:
                comment = '\t[default: %s]' % str(default)
            message += '{:>25}: {:<30}{}\n'.format(str(k), str(v), comment)
        message += '----------------- End -------------------'
        print(message)

        # save to the disk
        expr_dir = os.path.join(opt.checkpoints_dir, opt.name)
        util.mkdirs(expr_dir)
        file_name = os.path.join(expr_dir, '{}_opt.txt'.format(opt.phase))
        with open(file_name, 'wt') as opt_file:
            opt_file.write(message)
            opt_file.write('\n')

    def parse(self):
        """Parse our options, create checkpoints directory suffix, and set up gpu device."""
        opt = self.gather_options()
        opt.isTrain = self.isTrain   # train or test

        # process opt.suffix
        if opt.suffix:
            suffix = ('_' + opt.suffix.format(**vars(opt))) if opt.suffix != '' else ''
            opt.name = opt.name + suffix

        self.print_options(opt)

        # set gpu ids
        str_ids = opt.gpu_ids.split(',')
        opt.gpu_ids = []
        for str_id in str_ids:
            id = int(str_id)
            if id >= 0:
                opt.gpu_ids.append(id)
        if len(opt.gpu_ids) > 0:
            torch.cuda.set_device(opt.gpu_ids[0])

        self.opt = opt
        return self.opt

    class TrainOptions(BaseOptions):
    """This class includes training options.

    It also includes shared options defined in BaseOptions.
    """

    def initialize(self, parser):
        parser = BaseOptions.initialize(self, parser)
        # visdom and HTML visualization parameters
        parser.add_argument('--display_freq', type=int, default=400, help='frequency of showing training results on screen')
        self.isTrain = True
        return parser

from options.train_options import TrainOptions
opt = TrainOptions().parse()   # get training options
dataset = create_dataset(opt)  # create a dataset given opt.dataset_mode and other options

model = create_model(opt)      # create a model given opt.model and other options
model.setup(opt)               # regular setup: load and print networks; create schedulers
visualizer = Visualizer(opt)   # create a visualizer that display/save images and plots

for epoch in range(opt.epoch_count, opt.niter + opt.niter_decay + 1):
    pass