Tickets/DM-47619: Add support to RemoteGroup for disabling checks for a list of components

doc/news/DM-47619.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support to ``RemoteGroup`` for disabling checks for a list of components.

python/lsst/ts/observatory/control/remote_group.py

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._components = dict(
             [
-                (component, component.lower().replace(":", "_"))
+                (component, self._remote_name_to_attr_format(component))
                 for component in components
             ]
         )
@@ -317,6 +317,26 @@ def __init__(
             asyncio.gather(*start_task_list) if len(start_task_list) > 0 else None
         )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _remote_name_to_attr_format(salobj_remote_name: str) -> str:
+        """Returns the remote name in a format compatible with Python object
+        attribute names.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        salobj_remote_name: `str`
+            Name of the CSC with the same format as that used to initialize the
+            `salobj.Remotes`, e.g.; "MTMount" or "Hexapod:1".
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        `str`
+            The name of the CSC in lowercase, replacing the colon by an
+            underscore, e.g. "Hexapod:1" -> "hexapod_1" or "ATHexapod" ->
+            "athexapod".
+        """
+        return salobj_remote_name.lower().replace(":", "_")
+
     def components_to_check(self) -> typing.List[str]:
         """Return components for which check is enabled.
 
@@ -331,6 +351,34 @@ def components_to_check(self) -> typing.List[str]:
             if getattr(self.check, component)
         ]
 
+    def disable_checks_for_components(self, components: typing.List[str]) -> None:
+        """Disables checks for a list of components.
+
+        The elements of `components` that are not part of the CSC group will be
+        ignored.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        components: `list` of `str`
+            A list of strings that indentifies the components to disable the
+            check. The names can be eather in attribute format (e.g. "mtmount"
+            or "hexapod_1") or in salobj remote name format (e.g. "MTMount" or
+            "Hexapod:1").
+
+        """
+        for comp in components:
+            attr_comp = self._remote_name_to_attr_format(comp)
+            if attr_comp not in self._components.values():
+                self.log.warning(
+                    f"Component {attr_comp} (referred to as {comp!r}) not in CSC Group. "
+                    f"Must be one of {self.components} or {self.components_attr}. Ignoring."
+                )
+            else:
+                self.log.debug(
+                    f"Disabling check for the component {attr_comp} (referred to as {comp!r})."
+                )
+                setattr(self.check, attr_comp, False)
+
     def get_required_resources(
         self, component: str, intended_usage: typing.Union[None, int]
     ) -> typing.Any:

tests/test_base_group.py

@@ -202,3 +202,30 @@ async def test_get_work_components(self) -> None:
 
             with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
                 self.basegroup.get_work_components(["bad_1"])
+
+    async def test_disable_components_checks(self) -> None:
+        async with self.make_group(usage=Usages.DryTest):
+            # For this test, it is necessary to have at least three components.
+            assert self.ntest >= 3, "Three components are needed to perform the test"
+            # Enable all checks and get the components of the remote
+            self.basegroup.reset_checks()
+            remote_components = self.basegroup.components_to_check()
+            # Components to disable checks
+            components_to_disable = [
+                "test_1",  # Component name in attribute-format
+                "Test:2",  # Component name in Salobj format
+                "Notcomp:1",  # Component name not part of the remote
+            ]
+
+            self.basegroup.disable_checks_for_components(
+                components=components_to_disable
+            )
+
+            # Retrieve the components with checks enabled
+            remote_enabled_checks = self.basegroup.components_to_check()
+
+            assert "test_1" not in remote_enabled_checks
+            assert "test_2" not in remote_enabled_checks
+            assert not hasattr(self.basegroup.check, "notcomp_1")
+            # The remaining components must have their checks enabled
+            assert all(comp in remote_enabled_checks for comp in remote_components[2:])