baybe.utils.metadata.to_metadata¶

baybe.utils.metadata.to_metadata(value: dict[str, Any] | _TMetaData | None, cls: type[_TMetaData], /)[source]¶

Convert a dictionary to Metadata (with Metadata passthrough).

Parameters:

value (Union[dict[str, Any], TypeVar(_TMetaData, bound= Metadata), None]) – The metadata input.
cls (type[TypeVar(_TMetaData, bound= Metadata)]) – The specific Metadata subclass to convert to.

Return type:

TypeVar(_TMetaData, bound= Metadata)

Returns:

The created metadata instance of the requested Metadata subclass.

Raises:

TypeError – If the input is not a dictionary or of the specified Metadata type.