Add documentation to the Seeding class

flepimop/gempyor_pkg/src/gempyor/seeding.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from datetime import date
 import logging
 from typing import Any
+import warnings
 
 import confuse
 import numba as nb
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-## TODO: ideally here path_prefix should not be used and all files loaded from modinf
-
-
 # Internal functionality
 def _DataFrame2NumbaDict(
     df: pd.DataFrame,
@@ -114,7 +112,22 @@ def _DataFrame2NumbaDict(
 
 # Exported functionality
 class Seeding(SimulationComponent):
+    """
+    Class to handle the seeding of the simulation.
+
+    Attributes:
+        seeding_config: The configuration for the seeding.
+        path_prefix: The path prefix to use when reading files.
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, config: confuse.ConfigView, path_prefix: str = "."):
+        """
+        Initialize a seeding instance.
+
+        Args:
+            config: The configuration for the seeding.
+            path_prefix: The path prefix to use when reading files.
+        """
         self.seeding_config = config
         self.path_prefix = path_prefix
 
@@ -127,6 +140,27 @@ def get_from_config(
         tf: date,
         input_filename: str | None,
     ) -> tuple[nb.typed.Dict, npt.NDArray[np.number]]:
+        """
+        Get seeding data from the configuration.
+
+        Args:
+            compartments: The compartments for the simulation.
+            subpop_struct: The subpopulation structure for the simulation.
+            n_days: The number of days in the simulation.
+            ti: The start date of the simulation.
+            tf: The end date of the simulation.
+            input_filename: The input filename to use for seeding data. Only used if
+                the seeding method is 'FolderDraw'.
+
+        Returns:
+            A tuple containing the seeding data as a Numba dictionary and the seeding
+            amounts as a Numpy array. The seeding data is a dictionary with the
+            following keys:
+                - "seeding_sources": The source compartments for the seeding.
+                - "seeding_destinations": The destination compartments for the seeding.
+                - "seeding_subpops": The subpopulations for the seeding.
+                - "day_start_idx": The start index for each day in the seeding data.
+        """
         method = "NoSeeding"
         if self.seeding_config is not None and "method" in self.seeding_config.keys():
             method = self.seeding_config["method"].as_str()
@@ -166,16 +200,10 @@ def get_from_config(
         else:
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown seeding method given, '{method}'.")
 
-        # Sorting by date is very important here for the seeding format necessary !!!!
-        # print(seeding.shape)
+        # Sorting by date is important for the seeding format
         seeding = seeding.sort_values(by="date", axis="index").reset_index()
-        # print(seeding)
         mask = (seeding["date"].dt.date > ti) & (seeding["date"].dt.date <= tf)
         seeding = seeding.loc[mask].reset_index()
-        # print(seeding.shape)
-        # print(seeding)
-
-        # TODO: print.
 
         amounts = np.zeros(len(seeding))
         if method == "PoissonDistributed":
@@ -195,11 +223,37 @@ def get_from_config(
     def get_from_file(
         self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> tuple[nb.typed.Dict, npt.NDArray[np.number]]:
-        """only difference with draw seeding is that the sim_id is now sim_id2load"""
+        """
+        This method is deprecated. Use `get_from_config` instead.
+
+        Args:
+            *args: Positional arguments to pass to `get_from_config`.
+            **kwargs: Keyword arguments to pass to `get_from_config`.
+
+        Returns:
+            The result of `get_from_config`.
+        """
+        warnings.warn(
+            "The 'get_from_file' method is deprecated. Use 'get_from_config' instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
         return self.get_from_config(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-def SeedingFactory(config: confuse.ConfigView, path_prefix: str = "."):
+def SeedingFactory(config: confuse.ConfigView, path_prefix: str = ".") -> Seeding:
+    """
+    Create a Seeding instance based on the given configuration.
+
+    This function will use the given configuration to either lookup a plugin class for
+    the seeding instance or fallback to the default Seeding class.
+
+    Args:
+        config: The configuration for the seeding.
+        path_prefix: The path prefix to use when reading files.
+
+    Returns:
+        A Seeding instance.
+    """
     if config is not None and "method" in config.keys():
         if config["method"].as_str() == "plugin":
             klass = utils.search_and_import_plugins_class(