Common

Exceptions

class forte.common.PackIndexError

Raise this error when there is a problem accessing the indexes pack data.

class forte.common.IncompleteEntryError

Raise this error when the entry is not complete.

class forte.common.EntryNotFoundError

Raise this error when the entry is not found in the data pack.

Resources

class forte.common.Resources(**kwargs)

The Resources object is a global registry used in the pipeline. Objects defined as Resources will be passed on to the processors in the pipeline for initialization.

save(keys=None, output_dir=None)

Save the resources specified by keys in binary format.

Parameters

• keys (optional) –

  list or dict

  • If keys is a list, the objects corresponding to those keys are saved

  • If keys is a dict mapping from a key to a serialize function, then the serialize function will be used to save the object corresponding to that key

  • If keys is None, all objects in this resource will be saved.

• output_dir (optional) – str A directory specifying the location to save the resources.

keys()

Return all keys of the resources.

contains(key)

Return whether the specified key exists.

get(key)

Get the corresponding resource by specifying the key.

update(**kwargs)

Update the resources.

remove(key)

Remove the corresponding resource by specifying the key.

load(keys, path=None)

Load the resources specified by keys.

Parameters

• keys –

  list or dict

  • If keys is a list, the objects corresponding to those keys are loaded

  • If keys is a dict mapping from a key to a deserialize function, then the deserialize function will be used to load the object corresponding to that key

• path (optional) – str A directory specifying the location to load the resources from.