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BaseDaskBackend

class openff.evaluator.backends.dask.BaseDaskBackend(number_of_workers=1, resources_per_worker=ComputeResources())

A base dask backend class, which implements functionality which is common to all other dask based backends.

__init__(number_of_workers=1, resources_per_worker=ComputeResources())

Constructs a new BaseDaskBackend object.

Methods

__init__([number_of_workers, ...])	Constructs a new BaseDaskBackend object.
start()	Start the calculation backend.
stop()	Stop the calculation backend.
submit_task(function, *args, **kwargs)	Submit a task to the compute resources managed by this backend.

Attributes

started

Returns whether this backend has been started yet.

start()

Start the calculation backend.

stop()

Stop the calculation backend.

property started

Returns whether this backend has been started yet.

Type

bool

abstract submit_task(function, *args, **kwargs)

Submit a task to the compute resources managed by this backend.

Parameters

function (function) – The function to run.

Returns

Returns a future object which will eventually point to the results of the submitted task.

Return type

Future