Merge pull request #1269 from PrincetonUniversity/feat/cim/parameter_cim

Parameter CIM Class Removal:

psyneulink/core/components/projections/modulatory/controlprojection.py

@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
 from psyneulink.core.components.component import parameter_keywords
 from psyneulink.core.components.functions.transferfunctions import Linear
 from psyneulink.core.components.mechanisms.adaptive.control.controlmechanism import ControlMechanism
-from psyneulink.core.components.mechanisms.processing.parameterinterfacemechanism import ParameterInterfaceMechanism
 from psyneulink.core.components.projections.modulatory.modulatoryprojection import ModulatoryProjection_Base
 from psyneulink.core.components.projections.projection import ProjectionError, Projection_Base, projection_keywords
 from psyneulink.core.components.shellclasses import Mechanism, Process_Base
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ def _instantiate_sender(self, sender, params=None, context=None):
         # If sender is specified as a Mechanism, validate that it is a ControlMechanism
         if isinstance(sender, Mechanism):
             # If sender is a ControlMechanism, call it to instantiate its ControlSignal projection
-            if not isinstance(sender, (ControlMechanism, ParameterInterfaceMechanism)):
+            if not isinstance(sender, ControlMechanism):
                 raise ControlProjectionError(
                     "Mechanism specified as sender for {} ({}) must be a "
                     "ControlMechanism (but it is a {})".format(

psyneulink/core/globals/keywords.py

@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ def _is_metric(metric):
 INTEGRATOR_MECHANISM = "IntegratorMechanism"
 DDM_MECHANISM = "DDM"
 COMPOSITION_INTERFACE_MECHANISM = "CompositionInterfaceMechanism"
-PARAMETER_INTERFACE_MECHANISM = "ParameterInterfaceMechanism"
 PROCESSING_MECHANISM = "ProcessingMechanism"
 
 # Functions: