def get_absolute_path()

in mmf/utils/general.py [0:0]

• 25 lines of code
• 12 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def get_absolute_path(paths):
    # String check should be first as Sequence would pass for string too
    if isinstance(paths, str):
        # If path is absolute return it directly
        if os.path.isabs(paths):
            return paths

        possible_paths = [
            # Direct path
            paths
        ]
        # Now, try relative to user_dir if it exists
        from mmf.utils.configuration import get_mmf_env

        user_dir = get_mmf_env(key="user_dir")
        if user_dir:
            possible_paths.append(os.path.join(user_dir, paths))

        mmf_root = get_mmf_root()
        # Relative to root folder of mmf install
        possible_paths.append(os.path.join(mmf_root, "..", paths))
        # Relative to mmf root
        possible_paths.append(os.path.join(mmf_root, paths))

        # Test all these paths, if any exists return
        for path in possible_paths:
            if PathManager.exists(path):
                # URIs
                if path.find("://") == -1:
                    return os.path.abspath(path)
                else:
                    return path

        # If nothing works, return original path so that it throws an error
        return paths
    elif isinstance(paths, collections.abc.Iterable):
        return [get_absolute_path(path) for path in paths]
    else:
        raise TypeError("Paths passed to dataset should either be " "string or list")