basic experiment type -- still very rough

experiment.py

+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataset import dataset
+
+
+@dataclass
+class model_setup:
+    git_repo: str
+    commit_id: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class icon_setup(model_setup):
+    configure_command: str
+    config: str
+    host: str
+
+
+@dataclass
+class experiment:
+    experiment_id: str
+    model: str
+    setup: model_setup
+    point_of_contact: str
+    copyright_info: str
+    cite_as: str
+    description: str
+    datasets: Sequence[dataset]
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        self.datasets = list(self.datasets)
+        if not all(isinstance(x, dataset) for x in self.datasets):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Datesets must be of type dataset, found {[type(x) for x in self.datasets]}"
+            )
+        if not isinstance(self.setup, model_setup):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"setup must be of type model_setup, found {type(self.setup)}."
+            )

test_experiment.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import experiment
+import unittest
+
+
+class test_experiment(unittest.TestCase):
+    setup = experiment.icon_setup(
+        configure_command="configure",
+        config="sensible",
+        host="levante",
+        git_repo="gitlab.dkrz.de",
+        commit_id="abc123",
+    )
+
+    def test_experiment(self):
+        setup = experiment.icon_setup(
+            configure_command="configure",
+            config="sensible",
+            host="levante",
+            git_repo="gitlab.dkrz.de",
+            commit_id="abc123",
+        )
+        experiment.experiment(
+            experiment_id="test",
+            model="icon",
+            setup=setup,
+            point_of_contact="flo",
+            copyright_info="cc-by-4.0 Flo",
+            cite_as="Flo",
+            description="test experiment",
+            datasets=[],
+        )
+
+    def test_experiment_fail(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            experiment.icon_setup(
+                configure_command="configure",
+                # config="sensible",
+                host="levante",
+                git_repo="gitlab.dkrz.de",
+                commit_id="abc123",
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            experiment.experiment(
+                experiment_id="test",
+                model="icon",
+                setup="BAD SETUP",  # !
+                point_of_contact="flo",
+                copyright_info="cc-by-4.0 Flo",
+                cite_as="Flo",
+                description="test experiment",
+                datasets=[],
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            experiment.experiment(
+                experiment_id="test",
+                model="icon",
+                setup=test_experiment.setup,
+                point_of_contact="flo",
+                copyright_info="cc-by-4.0 Flo",
+                cite_as="Flo",
+                description="test experiment",
+                datasets=("BAD", "DATASET"),  # !
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()