BaseDaskBackend
- class openff.evaluator.backends.dask.BaseDaskBackend(number_of_workers=1, resources_per_worker=<openff.evaluator.backends.backends.ComputeResources object>)[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=<openff.evaluator.backends.backends.ComputeResources object>)[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
Returns whether this backend has been started yet.
- 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