bugfix for flexyclasses

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "springs"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.9.1"
 description = "A set of utilities to create and manage typed configuration files effectively, built on top of OmegaConf."
 authors = [
     {name = "Luca Soldaini", email = "[email protected]" }

src/springs/commandline.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     to_yaml,
     unsafe_merge,
 )
+from .flexyclasses import is_flexyclass
 from .logging import configure_logging
 from .nicknames import NicknameRegistry
 from .rich_utils import (
@@ -260,8 +261,17 @@ def load_from_file_or_nickname(
         loaded_config = NicknameRegistry.get(
             name=config_path_or_nickname, raise_if_missing=True
         )
-        if not isinstance(loaded_config, (DictConfig, ListConfig)):
+
+        if is_dataclass(loaded_config):
             loaded_config = from_dataclass(loaded_config)
+        elif is_flexyclass(loaded_config):
+            loaded_config = loaded_config.to_dict_config()  # type: ignore
+        elif not isinstance(loaded_config, (DictConfig, ListConfig)):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Nickname '{config_path_or_nickname}' is not a "
+                "DictConfig or ListConfig."
+            )
+
     else:
         # config file is to load from file
         loaded_config = from_file(config_path_or_nickname)

src/springs/flexyclasses.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Generic, Type, TypeVar
 
 from omegaconf import MISSING as OC_MISSING
+from omegaconf import DictConfig
 from typing_extensions import dataclass_transform
 
 from .utils import get_annotations
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ def __new__(cls, **kwargs):
         factory_dict = {**cls.defaults(), **kwargs}
         return field(default_factory=lambda: factory_dict)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def to_dict_config(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> DictConfig:
+        """Convert the FlexyClass to an OmegaConf DictConfig object"""
+        from .core import from_dict
+
+        return from_dict({**cls.defaults(), **kwargs})
+
     @classmethod
     def flexyclass(cls, target_cls: Type[C]) -> Type["FlexyClass"]:
         """Decorator to create a FlexyClass from a class"""
@@ -89,3 +97,8 @@ def flexyclass(cls, target_cls: Type[C]) -> Type["FlexyClass"]:
 def flexyclass(cls: Type[C]) -> Type[FlexyClass[C]]:
     """Alias for FlexyClass.flexyclass"""
     return FlexyClass.flexyclass(cls)
+
+
+def is_flexyclass(obj: Any) -> bool:
+    """Check if an object is a FlexyClass"""
+    return isinstance(obj, FlexyClass)

src/springs/nicknames.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import is_dataclass
+from inspect import isclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -12,15 +13,17 @@
     Type,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
+    cast,
     overload,
 )
 
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, ListConfig
 
 from .core import from_file
+from .flexyclasses import FlexyClass
 from .logging import configure_logging
 
-RegistryValue = Union[Type[Any], DictConfig, ListConfig]
+RegistryValue = Union[Type[Any], Type[FlexyClass], DictConfig, ListConfig]
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 M = TypeVar("M", bound=RegistryValue)
@@ -92,12 +95,16 @@ def add(cls, name: str) -> Callable[[Type[T]], Type[T]]:
         for easy reuse."""
 
         def add_to_registry(cls_: Type[T]) -> Type[T]:
-            if not is_dataclass(cls_):
+            if not (
+                is_dataclass(cls_)
+                or isclass(cls_)
+                and issubclass(cls_, FlexyClass)
+            ):
                 raise ValueError(f"{cls_} must be a dataclass")
 
             if name in cls.__registry__:
                 raise ValueError(f"{name} is already registered")
-            return cls._add(name, cls_)
+            return cast(Type[T], cls._add(name, cls_))
 
         return add_to_registry