- implement a new task_group filtering decorator in Assigner class

- update all the sub-classes that use task_groups to use the decorator
- update fedeval sample workspace to use default assigner, tasks and aggregator
- use of federated-evaluation/aggregator.yaml for FedEval specific workspace example to use round_number as 1
- removed assigner and tasks yaml from defaults/federated-evaluation, superseded by default assigner/tasks
- Rebase 21-Jan-2025.2
- added additional checks for assigner sub-classes that might not have task_groups
- Addressing review comments
- Updated existing test cases for Assigner sub-classes
- Remove hard-coded setting in assigner for torch_cnn_mnist ws, refer to default as in other Workspaces
- Use aggregator supplied --task_group to override the assinger selected_task_group
Signed-off-by: Shailesh Pant <[email protected]>

openfl-workspace/torch_cnn_mnist/plan/plan.yaml

@@ -10,16 +10,8 @@ aggregator:
     rounds_to_train: 2
     write_logs: false
   template: openfl.component.aggregator.Aggregator
-assigner:
-  settings:
-    task_groups:
-    - name: learning
-      percentage: 1.0
-      tasks:
-      - aggregated_model_validation
-      - train
-      - locally_tuned_model_validation
-  template: openfl.component.RandomGroupedAssigner
+assigner :
+  defaults : plan/defaults/assigner.yaml
 collaborator:
   settings:
     db_store_rounds: 1

openfl-workspace/torch_cnn_mnist_fed_eval/plan/plan.yaml

@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ network :
   defaults : plan/defaults/network.yaml
 
 assigner :
-  defaults : plan/defaults/federated-evaluation/assigner.yaml
-
+  defaults : plan/defaults/assigner.yaml
+  settings :
+    selected_task_group : evaluation
+
 tasks :
-  defaults : plan/defaults/federated-evaluation/tasks_torch.yaml
+  defaults : plan/defaults/tasks_torch.yaml
 
 compression_pipeline :
   defaults : plan/defaults/compression_pipeline.yaml

openfl-workspace/workspace/plan/defaults/assigner.yaml

@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ settings :
         - aggregated_model_validation
         - train
         - locally_tuned_model_validation
+    - name       : evaluation
+      percentage : 1.0
+      tasks      :
+        - aggregated_model_validation
+  selected_task_group: learning

openfl/component/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+"""OpenFL Component Module."""
 
 from openfl.component.aggregator.aggregator import Aggregator
 from openfl.component.assigner.assigner import Assigner

openfl/component/aggregator/aggregator.py

@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.uuid = aggregator_uuid
         self.federation_uuid = federation_uuid
         self.assigner = assigner
+        # override the assigner selected_task_group
+        # FIXME check the case of CustomAssigner as base class Assigner is redefined
+        # and doesn't have selected_task_group as attribute
+        self.assigner.selected_task_group = task_group
         self.quit_job_sent_to = []
 
         self.tensor_db = TensorDB()

openfl/component/assigner/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+"""OpenFL Assigner Module."""
 
 from openfl.component.assigner.assigner import Assigner
 from openfl.component.assigner.random_grouped_assigner import RandomGroupedAssigner

openfl/component/assigner/assigner.py

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 """Assigner module."""
 
+import logging
+from functools import wraps
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Assigner:
     r"""
@@ -35,18 +40,27 @@ class Assigner:
         \* - ``tasks`` argument is taken from ``tasks`` section of FL plan YAML file.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, tasks, authorized_cols, rounds_to_train, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        tasks,
+        authorized_cols,
+        rounds_to_train,
+        selected_task_group: str = "learning",
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
         """Initializes the Assigner.
 
         Args:
             tasks (list of object): List of tasks to assign.
             authorized_cols (list of str): Collaborators.
             rounds_to_train (int): Number of training rounds.
+            selected_task_group (str, optional): Selected task_group. Defaults to "learning".
             **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments.
         """
         self.tasks = tasks
         self.authorized_cols = authorized_cols
         self.rounds = rounds_to_train
+        self.selected_task_group = selected_task_group
         self.all_tasks_in_groups = []
 
         self.task_group_collaborators = {}
@@ -93,3 +107,41 @@ def get_aggregation_type_for_task(self, task_name):
         if "aggregation_type" not in self.tasks[task_name]:
             return None
         return self.tasks[task_name]["aggregation_type"]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def task_group_filtering(cls, func):
+        """Decorator to filter task groups based on selected_task_group.
+
+        This decorator should be applied to define_task_assignments() method
+        in Assigner subclasses to handle task_group filtering.
+        """
+
+        @wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            # First check if selection of task_group is applicable
+            if hasattr(self, "selected_task_group"):
+                # Verify task_groups exists before attempting filtering
+                if not hasattr(self, "task_groups"):
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Task group specified for selection but no task_groups found. "
+                        "Skipping filtering. This might be intentional for custom assigners."
+                    )
+                    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+                assert self.task_groups, "No task_groups defined in assigner."
+
+                # Perform the filtering
+                self.task_groups = [
+                    group for group in self.task_groups if group["name"] == self.selected_task_group
+                ]
+
+                assert self.task_groups, f"No task groups found for : {self.selected_task_group}"
+
+                # Mode-specific validations
+                if self.selected_task_group == "evaluation":
+                    assert self.rounds == 1, "Number of rounds should be 1 for evaluation"
+
+            # Call the original method
+            return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapper

openfl/component/assigner/random_grouped_assigner.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-from openfl.component.assigner.assigner import Assigner
+from openfl.component.assigner import Assigner
 
 
 class RandomGroupedAssigner(Assigner):
@@ -33,16 +33,19 @@ class RandomGroupedAssigner(Assigner):
         \* - Plan setting.
     """
 
+    task_group_filtering = Assigner.task_group_filtering
+
     def __init__(self, task_groups, **kwargs):
         """Initializes the RandomGroupedAssigner.
 
         Args:
             task_groups (list of object): Task groups to assign.
-            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments.
+            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments, including mode.
         """
         self.task_groups = task_groups
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    @task_group_filtering
     def define_task_assignments(self):
         """Define task assignments for each round and collaborator.
 

openfl/component/assigner/static_grouped_assigner.py

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class StaticGroupedAssigner(Assigner):
         \* - Plan setting.
     """
 
+    task_group_filtering = Assigner.task_group_filtering
+
     def __init__(self, task_groups, **kwargs):
         """Initializes the StaticGroupedAssigner.
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ def __init__(self, task_groups, **kwargs):
         self.task_groups = task_groups
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    @task_group_filtering
     def define_task_assignments(self):
         """Define task assignments for each round and collaborator.
 

tests/openfl/component/assigner/test_random_grouped_assigner.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def task_groups():
     """Initialize task groups."""
     task_groups = [
         {
-            'name': 'train_and_validate',
+            'name': 'learning',
             'percentage': 1.0,
             'tasks': [
                 'aggregated_model_validation',

tests/openfl/component/assigner/test_static_grouped_assigner.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def task_groups(authorized_cols):
     """Initialize task groups."""
     task_groups = [
         {
-            'name': 'train_and_validate',
+            'name': 'learning',
             'percentage': 1.0,
             'collaborators': authorized_cols,
             'tasks': [