feat: add get and create methods and **kwargs support for create

doc/changelog.d/4866.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add get and create methods and **kwarg support for create

src/ansys/fluent/core/codegen/allapigen.py

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ def generate(version: str, static_infos: dict, verbose: bool = False):
         pickle.dump(api_tree, f)
     if not config.codegen_skip_builtin_settings:
         builtin_settingsgen.generate(version)
+        # Generate main .pyi file for the latest version processed
+        builtin_settingsgen.generate_main_pyi(version)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

src/ansys/fluent/core/codegen/builtin_settingsgen.py

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 from ansys.fluent.core.utils.fluent_version import FluentVersion, all_versions
 
 _PY_FILE = config.codegen_outdir / "solver" / "settings_builtin.py"
-_PYI_FILE = config.codegen_outdir / "solver" / "settings_builtin.pyi"
 
 _CLASS_NAME_OVERRIDES = {
     "ReadCaseData": "ReadCaseAndData",
@@ -83,6 +82,29 @@ def _get_named_objects_in_path(root, path, kind):
     return named_objects, final_type
 
 
+def _has_create_method(root, path):
+    """Check if a setting object has a create method."""
+    try:
+        cls = root
+        comps = path.split(".")
+        for comp in comps:
+            cls = cls._child_classes[comp]
+        # Check if the class has 'create' in its child classes or command names
+        return "create" in getattr(cls, "_child_classes", {}) or "create" in getattr(
+            cls, "command_names", []
+        )
+    except (KeyError, AttributeError):
+        return False
+
+
+def _get_reciprocal_name(name: str) -> str | None:
+    """Get the reciprocal name (singular/plural counterpart) from DATA."""
+    try:
+        return DATA[name][2]
+    except KeyError:
+        return None
+
+
 def generate(version: str):
     """Generate builtin setting classes."""
     print("Generating builtin settings...")
@@ -132,14 +154,14 @@ def _write_deprecated_alias_class(
             "import warnings\n\n\n"
         )
         f.write("__all__ = [\n")
-        for legacy_name, (kind, _) in DATA.items():
+        for legacy_name, (kind, _, _) in DATA.items():
             name = _get_public_class_name(legacy_name)
             _write_symbol_to_all(name, kind)
             if name != legacy_name:
                 _write_symbol_to_all(legacy_name, kind)
         f.write("]\n\n")
         for legacy_name, v in DATA.items():
-            kind, path = v
+            kind, path, _ = v
             name = _get_public_class_name(legacy_name)
             if isinstance(path, dict):
                 version_supported = False
@@ -210,6 +232,7 @@ def _write_deprecated_alias_class(
                         "        return super().__new__(cls, settings_source=settings_source, **kwargs)\n\n"
                     )
 
+
     with open(_PYI_FILE, "w") as f:
         for version in FluentVersion:
             f.write(
@@ -229,10 +252,92 @@ def _write_deprecated_alias_class(
                     f.write(f"    type(settings_root_{v.number}.{p}),\n")
             f.write("): ...\n\n")
 
+    # Generate version-specific .pyi files
+    pyi_file = (
+        config.codegen_outdir / "solver" / f"settings_builtin_{version.number}.pyi"
+    )
+    with open(pyi_file, "w") as f:
+        # Import base classes and deprecated decorator
+        f.write(
+            "from typing_extensions import deprecated\n"
+            "from ansys.fluent.core.solver.settings_builtin_bases import _SingletonSetting, _CreatableNamedObjectSetting, _NonCreatableNamedObjectSetting, _CommandSetting\n"
+        )
+        # Import version-specific root for type hints
+        f.write(
+            f"from ansys.fluent.core.generated.solver.settings_{version.number} import root as settings_root_{version.number}\n"
+        )
+        f.write("\n\n")
+        for legacy_name, v in DATA.items():
+            kind, path, recip = v
+            name = _get_public_class_name(legacy_name)
+            if isinstance(path, dict):
+                version_supported = False
+                for version_set, p in path.items():
+                    if version in version_set:
+                        path = p
+                        version_supported = True
+                        break
+                if not version_supported:
+                    continue
+            named_objects, final_type = _get_named_objects_in_path(root, path, kind)
+            if kind == "NamedObject":
+                kind = f"{final_type}NamedObject"
+                path_with_child = f"{path}.child_object_type"
+                f.write(f"class {name}(\n")
+                f.write(f"    _{kind}Setting,\n")
+                f.write(
+                    f"    type(settings_root_{version.number}.{path_with_child}),\n"
+                )
+                f.write("):\n")
+                if final_type == "Creatable":
+                    f.write(
+                        f"    create = settings_root_{version.number}.{path}.create\n"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    f.write("    ...\n")
+                f.write("\n")
+            else:
+                # For Singleton and Command types
+                # Check if this is a plural class by looking at its reciprocal
+                if kind == "Singleton" and recip:
+                    # Add deprecated decorator for plural container classes
+                    f.write(f'@deprecated("Use {recip}.all() instead")\n')
+
+                f.write(f"class {name}(\n")
+                f.write(f"    _{kind}Setting,\n")
+                f.write(f"    type(settings_root_{version.number}.{path}),\n")
+                f.write("):\n")
+                # Check if singleton has create method
+                if kind == "Singleton" and _has_create_method(root, path):
+                    f.write(
+                        f"    create = settings_root_{version.number}.{path}.create\n"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    f.write("    ...\n")
+                f.write("\n")
+
             if name != legacy_name:
                 f.write(f"class {legacy_name}({name}): ...\n\n")
 
 
+def generate_main_pyi(version_str: str):
+    """Generate main settings_builtin.pyi that imports from a specific version."""
+    _MAIN_PYI_FILE = config.codegen_outdir / "solver" / "settings_builtin.pyi"
+    version_obj = FluentVersion(version_str)
+    with open(_MAIN_PYI_FILE, "w") as f:
+        f.write(f"# Re-export from version {version_str}\n")
+        f.write(
+            f"from ansys.fluent.core.generated.solver.settings_builtin_{version_obj.number} import *\n"
+        )
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    version = "261"  # for development
-    generate(version)
+    # Generate for all available versions
+    versions = sorted([v.number for v in all_versions()])
+    for version in versions:
+        try:
+            generate(str(version))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Failed to generate for version {version}: {e}")
+    # Generate main .pyi that imports from the latest version
+    generate_main_pyi(str(versions[-1]))

src/ansys/fluent/core/codegen/settingsgen.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     ListObject,
     NamedObject,
     get_cls,
+    settings_logger,
     to_constant_name,
     to_python_name,
 )
@@ -200,10 +201,19 @@ def _get_unique_name(name):
 
 def _write_function_stub(name, data, s_stub):
     s_stub.write(f"    def {name}(self")
+    if name == "create":
+        if not data["argument_names"] or "name" not in data["argument_names"]:
+            settings_logger.warning("Create method with no arguments %s", data)
+        else:
+            s_stub.write(", *")  # allow only keyword arguments as best practice
     for arg_name in data["argument_names"]:
         arg_type = data["child_classes"][arg_name]["bases"][0]
         py_arg_type = _arg_type_strings.get(arg_type, "Any")
-        s_stub.write(f", {arg_name}: {py_arg_type}")
+        if name == "create" and py_arg_type == "Any":
+            continue  # don't write the object arguments for create as they shouldn't be used
+        s_stub.write(
+            f", {arg_name}: {py_arg_type}{' = ...' if name == 'create' else ''}"
+        )
     s_stub.write("):\n")
     # TODO: add return type
     doc = data["doc"]
@@ -283,6 +293,17 @@ def _write_data(cls_name: str, python_name: str, data: dict, f: IO, f_stub: IO |
             # to write only if it is not found in the _NAME_BY_HASH dict and avoid
             # the _CLASS_WRITTEN set.
             if k in command_names + query_names:
+
+                # Special handling for create commands that only expose a "name" child.
+                # In this case, the actual arguments of the create operation are
+                # described by the associated child_object_type, not by the "name"
+                # placeholder itself. We therefore replace the argument_names and
+                # child_classes with those from child_object_type so that the
+                # generated stubs show the full set of creation parameters.
+                if k == "create" and v["child_classes"].keys() == {"name"}:
+                    child_object_type = data["child_object_type"]
+                    v["argument_names"] = child_object_type["child_names"]
+                    v["child_classes"] = child_object_type["child_classes"]
                 _write_function_stub(k, v, s_stub)
                 classes_to_write[unique_name] = (child_python_name, v, hash_, False)
             else:

src/ansys/fluent/core/field_data_interfaces.py

@@ -356,10 +356,12 @@ class _SurfaceNames:
     def __init__(self, allowed_surface_names):
         self._allowed_surface_names = allowed_surface_names
 
-    def allowed_values(self):
+    def all(self):
         """Lists available surface names."""
         return list(self._allowed_surface_names())
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
     def validate(self, surfaces: List[str]) -> bool:
         """
         Validate that the given surfaces are in the list of allowed surface names.
@@ -389,10 +391,12 @@ class _SurfaceIds:
     def __init__(self, allowed_surface_ids):
         self._allowed_surface_ids = allowed_surface_ids
 
-    def allowed_values(self):
+    def all(self):
         """Lists available surface ids."""
         return self._allowed_surface_ids()
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
     def validate(self, surface_ids: List[int]) -> bool:
         """
         Validate that the given surface IDs are in the list of allowed surface IDs.
@@ -432,10 +436,12 @@ def is_active(self, field_name: VariableDescriptor | str) -> bool:
         """
         return _to_field_name_str(field_name) in self._available_field_names()
 
-    def allowed_values(self):
+    def all(self):
         """Lists available scalar or vector field names as strings."""
         return list(self._available_field_names())
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
     def allowed_variables(self) -> list[VariableDescriptor]:
         """Return allowed field names as VariableDescriptor objects.
 

src/ansys/fluent/core/rpvars.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def __call__(self, var: str | None = None, val: Any | None = None) -> Any:
             else (self._get_var(var) if var is not None else self._get_vars())
         )
 
-    def allowed_values(self) -> List[str]:
+    def all(self) -> List[str]:
         """Returns list with the allowed rpvars names.
 
         Returns
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ def allowed_values(self) -> List[str]:
         """
         return lispy.parse(self._eval_fn("(cx-send '(map car rp-variables))"))
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
     def _get_var(self, var: str):
         allowed_rp_vars = self.allowed_values()
         if var not in allowed_rp_vars:

src/ansys/fluent/core/services/datamodel_se.py

@@ -1518,10 +1518,12 @@ def false_if_none(val: bool | None) -> bool:
 class PyTextual(PyParameter):
     """Provides interface for textual parameters."""
 
-    def allowed_values(self) -> list[str]:
+    def all(self) -> list[str]:
         """Get allowed values."""
         return self.get_attr(Attribute.ALLOWED_VALUES.value)
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
 
 class PyNumerical(PyParameter):
     """Provides interface for numerical parameters."""

src/ansys/fluent/core/services/field_data.py

@@ -363,34 +363,36 @@ class _Arg:
         def __init__(self, accessor):
             self._accessor = accessor
 
-        def allowed_values(self):
+        def all(self):
             """Returns set of allowed values."""
             if self._accessor.__class__.__name__ == "_AllowedScalarFieldNames":
                 warnings.warn(
                     "This usage is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
-                    "Please use 'scalar_fields.allowed_values()' instead",
+                    "Please use 'scalar_fields.all()' instead",
                     PyFluentDeprecationWarning,
                 )
             elif self._accessor.__class__.__name__ == "_AllowedVectorFieldNames":
                 warnings.warn(
                     "This usage is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
-                    "Please use 'vector_fields.allowed_values()' instead",
+                    "Please use 'vector_fields.all()' instead",
                     PyFluentDeprecationWarning,
                 )
             elif self._accessor.__class__.__name__ == "_AllowedSurfaceNames":
                 warnings.warn(
                     "This usage is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
-                    "Please use 'field_data.surfaces.allowed_values()' instead",
+                    "Please use 'field_data.surfaces.all()' instead",
                     PyFluentDeprecationWarning,
                 )
             elif self._accessor.__class__.__name__ == "_AllowedSurfaceIDs":
                 warnings.warn(
                     "This usage is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. "
-                    "Please use 'field_data.surface_ids.allowed_values()' instead",
+                    "Please use 'field_data.surface_ids.all()' instead",
                     PyFluentDeprecationWarning,
                 )
             return sorted(self._accessor())
 
+    allowed_values = all
+
     def __init__(self, field_data_accessor, args_allowed_values_accessors):
         self._field_data_accessor = field_data_accessor
         for arg_name, accessor in args_allowed_values_accessors.items():

src/ansys/fluent/core/services/solution_variables.py

@@ -442,10 +442,12 @@ class _Arg:
         def __init__(self, accessor):
             self._accessor = accessor
 
-        def allowed_values(self):
+        def all(self):
             """Get allowed values."""
             return sorted(self._accessor())
 
+        allowed_values = all
+
     def __init__(self, svar_accessor, args_allowed_values_accessors):
         self._svar_accessor = svar_accessor
         for arg_name, accessor in args_allowed_values_accessors.items():