BaseDaskBackend

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

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())[source]

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()[source]

Start the calculation backend.

stop()[source]

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