remove private method, set only remaining getter to deprecation warning

Author: Teque5

sigmf/sigmffile.py

@@ -322,15 +322,15 @@ def __getitem__(self, sli):
             raise ValueError("unhandled ndim in SigMFFile.__getitem__(); this shouldn't happen")
         return ray[0] if isinstance(sli, int) else ray  # return element instead of 1-element array
 
-    def _get_start_offset(self):
-        """
-        Return the offset of the first sample.
-        """
-        return self.get_global_field(self.START_OFFSET_KEY, 0)
-
     def get_num_channels(self):
-        """Returns integer number of channels if present, otherwise 1"""
-        return self.get_global_field(self.NUM_CHANNELS_KEY, 1)
+        """Return integer number of channels."""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "get_num_channels() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of sigmf. "
+            "Use the 'num_channels' attribute instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return self.num_channels
 
     def _is_conforming_dataset(self):
         """
@@ -380,9 +380,11 @@ def set_metadata(self, metadata):
         else:
             raise SigMFError("Unable to interpret provided metadata.")
 
-        # if num_channels missing, default to 1
+        # ensure fields required for parsing are present or use defaults
         if self.get_global_field(self.NUM_CHANNELS_KEY) is None:
             self.set_global_field(self.NUM_CHANNELS_KEY, 1)
+        if self.get_global_field(self.START_OFFSET_KEY) is None:
+            self.set_global_field(self.START_OFFSET_KEY, 0)
 
         # set version to current implementation
         self.set_global_field(self.VERSION_KEY, __specification__)
@@ -420,7 +422,8 @@ def add_capture(self, start_index, metadata=None):
         If there is already capture info for this index, metadata will be merged
         with the existing metadata, overwriting keys if they were previously set.
         """
-        assert start_index >= self._get_start_offset()
+        if start_index < self.offset:
+            raise SigMFFileError("Capture start_index cannot be less than dataset start offset.")
         capture_list = self._metadata[self.CAPTURE_KEY]
         new_capture = metadata or {}
         new_capture[self.START_INDEX_KEY] = start_index
@@ -446,12 +449,13 @@ def get_captures(self):
 
     def get_capture_info(self, index):
         """
-        Returns a dictionary containing all the capture information at sample
-        'index'.
+        Returns a dictionary containing all the capture information at sample index.
         """
-        assert index >= self._get_start_offset()
+        if index < self.offset:
+            raise SigMFFileError("Sample index cannot be less than dataset start offset.")
         captures = self._metadata.get(self.CAPTURE_KEY, [])
-        assert len(captures) > 0
+        if len(captures) == 0:
+            raise SigMFFileError("No captures in metadata.")
         cap_info = captures[0]
         for capture in captures:
             if capture[self.START_INDEX_KEY] > index:
@@ -484,9 +488,7 @@ def get_capture_byte_boundarys(self, index):
         prev_start_sample = 0
         for ii, capture in enumerate(self.get_captures()):
             start_byte += capture.get(self.HEADER_BYTES_KEY, 0)
-            start_byte += (
-                (self.get_capture_start(ii) - prev_start_sample) * self.get_sample_size() * self.get_num_channels()
-            )
+            start_byte += (self.get_capture_start(ii) - prev_start_sample) * self.get_sample_size() * self.num_channels
             prev_start_sample = self.get_capture_start(ii)
             if ii >= index:
                 break
@@ -498,15 +500,16 @@ def get_capture_byte_boundarys(self, index):
             end_byte += (
                 (self.get_capture_start(index + 1) - self.get_capture_start(index))
                 * self.get_sample_size()
-                * self.get_num_channels()
+                * self.num_channels
             )
         return (start_byte, end_byte)
 
     def add_annotation(self, start_index, length=None, metadata=None):
         """
         Insert annotation at start_index with length (if != None).
         """
-        assert start_index >= self._get_start_offset()
+        if start_index < self.offset:
+            raise SigMFFileError("Annotation start_index cannot be less than dataset start offset.")
 
         new_annot = metadata or {}
         new_annot[self.START_INDEX_KEY] = start_index
@@ -559,7 +562,7 @@ def get_sample_size(self):
         Determines the size of a sample, in bytes, from the datatype of this set.
         For complex data, a 'sample' includes both the real and imaginary part.
         """
-        return dtype_info(self.get_global_field(self.DATATYPE_KEY))["sample_size"]
+        return dtype_info(self.datatype)["sample_size"]
 
     def _count_samples(self):
         """
@@ -576,7 +579,7 @@ def _count_samples(self):
             file_size = self.data_file.stat().st_size if self.data_size_bytes is None else self.data_size_bytes
             file_data_size = file_size - self.get_global_field(self.TRAILING_BYTES_KEY, 0) - header_bytes  # bytes
             sample_size = self.get_sample_size()  # size of a sample in bytes
-            num_channels = self.get_num_channels()
+            num_channels = self.num_channels
             sample_count = file_data_size // sample_size // num_channels
             if file_data_size % (sample_size * num_channels) != 0:
                 warnings.warn(
@@ -653,7 +656,7 @@ def set_data_file(
 
         dtype = dtype_info(self.get_global_field(self.DATATYPE_KEY))
         self.is_complex_data = dtype["is_complex"]
-        num_channels = self.get_num_channels()
+        num_channels = self.num_channels
         self.ndim = 1 if (num_channels < 2) else 2
 
         complex_int_separates = dtype["is_complex"] and dtype["is_fixedpoint"]
@@ -749,7 +752,7 @@ def read_samples_in_capture(self, index=0, autoscale=True):
             Samples are returned as an array of float or complex, with number of dimensions equal to NUM_CHANNELS_KEY.
         """
         cb = self.get_capture_byte_boundarys(index)
-        if (cb[1] - cb[0]) % (self.get_sample_size() * self.get_num_channels()):
+        if (cb[1] - cb[0]) % (self.get_sample_size() * self.num_channels):
             warnings.warn(
                 f"Capture `{index}` in `{self.data_file}` does not contain "
                 "an integer number of samples across channels. It may be invalid."
@@ -788,11 +791,11 @@ def read_samples(self, start_index=0, count=-1, autoscale=True, raw_components=F
                 raise SigMFFileError("Cannot read samples from a metadata only distribution.")
             else:
                 raise SigMFFileError("No signal data file has been associated with the metadata.")
-        first_byte = start_index * self.get_sample_size() * self.get_num_channels()
+        first_byte = start_index * self.get_sample_size() * self.num_channels
 
         if not self._is_conforming_dataset():
             warnings.warn(f"Recording dataset appears non-compliant, resulting data may be erroneous")
-        return self._read_datafile(first_byte, count * self.get_num_channels(), autoscale, False)
+        return self._read_datafile(first_byte, count * self.num_channels, autoscale, False)
 
     def _read_datafile(self, first_byte, nitems, autoscale, raw_components):
         """
@@ -807,7 +810,7 @@ def _read_datafile(self, first_byte, nitems, autoscale, raw_components):
         component_size = dtype["component_size"]
 
         data_type_out = np.dtype("f4") if not self.is_complex_data else np.dtype("f4, f4")
-        num_channels = self.get_num_channels()
+        num_channels = self.num_channels
 
         if self.data_file is not None:
             fp = open(self.data_file, "rb")

tests/testdata.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         SigMFFile.DATATYPE_KEY: "rf32_le",
         SigMFFile.HASH_KEY: "f4984219b318894fa7144519185d1ae81ea721c6113243a52b51e444512a39d74cf41a4cec3c5d000bd7277cc71232c04d7a946717497e18619bdbe94bfeadd6",
         SigMFFile.NUM_CHANNELS_KEY: 1,
+        SigMFFile.START_OFFSET_KEY: 0,
         SigMFFile.VERSION_KEY: __specification__,
     },
 }