diff --git a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
index 7d0445eaa6c35c2ed52f03fc85d8736b38802621..4fe518172266864987031a87d092c895b2593fa8 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/database/database.py
@@ -154,76 +154,6 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.Database)):
###########################################################################
# Helper functions that you might want to use in derived classes
###########################################################################
- def replace_directories(self, replacements=None):
- """This helper function replaces the ``original_directory`` and the ``annotation_directory`` of the database with the directories read from the given replacement file.
-
- This function is provided for convenience, so that the database configuration files do not need to be modified.
- Instead, this function uses the given dictionary of replacements to change the original directory and the original extension (if given).
-
- The given ``replacements`` can be of type ``dict``, including all replacements, or a file name (as a ``str``), in which case the file is read.
- The structure of the file should be:
-
- .. code-block:: text
-
- # Comments starting with # and empty lines are ignored
-
- [YOUR_..._DATA_DIRECTORY] = /path/to/your/data
- [YOUR_..._ANNOTATION_DIRECTORY] = /path/to/your/annotations
-
- If no annotation files are available (e.g. when they are stored inside the ``database``), the annotation directory can be left out.
-
- **Parameters:**
-
- replacements : dict or str
- A dictionary with replacements, or a name of a file to read the dictionary from.
- If the file name does not exist, no directories are replaced.
- """
- if replacements is None:
- return
- if isinstance(replacements, str):
- if not os.path.exists(replacements):
- return
- # Open the database replacement file and reads its content
- with open(replacements) as f:
- replacements = {}
- for line in f:
- if line.strip() and not line.startswith("#"):
- splits = line.split("=")
- assert len(splits) == 2
- replacements[splits[0].strip()] = splits[1].strip()
-
- assert isinstance(replacements, dict)
-
- if self.original_directory in replacements:
- self.original_directory = replacements[self.original_directory]
-
- try:
- if self.annotation_directory in replacements:
- self.annotation_directory = replacements[self.annotation_directory]
- except AttributeError:
- pass
-
- def sort(self, files):
- """sort(files) -> sorted
-
- Returns a sorted version of the given list of File's (or other structures that define an 'id' data member).
- The files will be sorted according to their id, and duplicate entries will be removed.
-
- **Parameters:**
-
- files : [:py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioFile`]
- The list of files to be uniquified and sorted.
-
- **Returns:**
-
- sorted : [:py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioFile`]
- The sorted list of files, with duplicate `BioFile.id`\s being removed.
- """
- # sort files using their sort function
- sorted_files = sorted(files)
- # remove duplicates
- return [f for i, f in enumerate(sorted_files) if not i or sorted_files[i - 1].id != f.id]
-
def uses_probe_file_sets(self, protocol=None):
"""Defines if, for the current protocol, the database uses several probe files to generate a score.
Returns True if the given protocol specifies file sets for probes, instead of a single probe file.
@@ -313,26 +243,6 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.Database)):
# List of files, do not remove duplicates
return [f.make_path(directory, extension) for f in files]
- def original_file_names(self, files):
- """original_file_names(files) -> paths
-
- Returns the full path of the original data of the given File objects.
-
- **Parameters:**
-
- files : [:py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioFile`]
- The list of file object to retrieve the original data file names for.
-
- **Returns:**
-
- paths : [str] or [[str]]
- The paths extracted for the files, in the same order.
- If this database provides file sets, a list of lists of file names is returned, one sub-list for each file set.
- """
- assert self.original_directory is not None
- assert self.original_extension is not None
- return self.file_names(files, self.original_directory, self.original_extension)
-
#################################################################
###### Methods to be overwritten by derived classes #############
#################################################################
@@ -405,28 +315,6 @@ class BioDatabase(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, bob.db.base.Database)):
######### Methods to provide common functionality ###############
#################################################################
- def original_file_name(self, file):
- """This function returns the original file name for the given File object.
-
- Keyword parameters:
-
- file : :py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioFile` or a derivative
- The File objects for which the file name should be retrieved
-
- Return value : str
- The original file name for the given File object
- """
- # check if directory is set
- if not self.original_directory or not self.original_extension:
- raise ValueError(
- "The original_directory and/or the original_extension were not specified in the constructor.")
- # extract file name
- file_name = file.make_path(self.original_directory, self.original_extension)
- if not self.check_existence or os.path.exists(file_name):
- return file_name
- raise ValueError("The file '%s' was not found. Please check the original directory '%s' and extension '%s'?" % (
- file_name, self.original_directory, self.original_extension))
-
def all_files(self, groups=None):
"""all_files(groups=None) -> files