idmtools.core.experiment_factory module

Define ExperimentFactory.

This is used mostly internally. It does allow us to support specialized experiment types when needed.

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class idmtools.core.experiment_factory.ExperimentFactory

Bases: object

ExperimentFactory allows creating experiments that could be derived through plugins.

DEFAULT_KEY = 'idmtools.entities.experiment.Experiment'

__init__()

Initialize our factory.

On initialize, we load our plugin and build a map of ids for experiments.

create(key, fallback=None, **kwargs) → idmtools.entities.experiment.Experiment

Create an experiment of type key.

Parameters:

• key – Experiment Type

• fallback – Fallback type. If none, uses DEFAULT_KEY

• **kwargs – Options to pass to the experiment object

Returns:

Experiment object that was created