@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ def _generateMetricSpecs(options):
 
   # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Metrics for classification
-  elif inferenceType in (InferenceType.TemporalClassification):
+  elif inferenceType in (InferenceType.TemporalClassification,):
 
     metricName = 'avg_err'
     trivialErrorMetric = 'avg_err'
#! /usr/bin/env python
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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"""
This utility can generate an OPF experiment and permutation script based on
a data file and other optional arguments.
"""

import os
import types
import json
import re
import sys
import copy
import pprint
import tempfile
from optparse import OptionParser

import validictory
from pkg_resources import resource_stream

from nupic.frameworks.opf import jsonschema
from nupic.frameworks.opf.metrics import MetricSpec
from nupic.frameworks.opf.opfutils import (InferenceType,
                                           InferenceElement)
from nupic.support import aggregationDivide
from nupic.support.configuration import Configuration
from nupic.support.enum import Enum



#############################################################################
# Global constants

# Space characters representing one level of indent in our generated python
# data structures
_INDENT_STEP = 2
_ONE_INDENT = ' ' * _INDENT_STEP
_ILLEGAL_FIELDNAME_CHARACTERS = "\\"
METRIC_WINDOW = int(Configuration.get("nupic.opf.metricWindow"))

#############################################################################
# Enum to characterize potential generation environments
OpfEnvironment = Enum(Nupic='nupic',
                      Experiment='opfExperiment')


#############################################################################
class _ExpGeneratorException(Exception):
  """ Base class for all ExpGenerator-specific exceptions
  """
  pass


#############################################################################
class _CreateDirectoryException(_ExpGeneratorException):
  """ Raised on error creating the experiment directory

  Attributes:
      reason:   the reason the exception was raised (usually an exception)
  """
  def __init__(self, dirPath, reason):
    """
      dirPath:    the path that we attempted to create for experiment files

      reason:     any object that can be converted to a string that explains
                  the reason (may be an exception)
    """
    super(_CreateDirectoryException, self).__init__(
                                ("Error creating directory " + \
                                "<%s>: %s.") % (str(dirPath), str(reason)))
    self.reason = reason


#############################################################################
class _InvalidFunctionArgException(_ExpGeneratorException):
  """
  This exception may be raised in response to invalid or incompatible function
  arguments.
  """
  pass


#############################################################################
class _InvalidCommandArgException(_ExpGeneratorException):
  """
  This exception may be raised in response to invalid or incompatible command
  arguments/values. When the program is executed from command-line, the handler
  is expected to report the error (_outputErrorReport()) and exit the program
  with error status=1.
  """
  pass


#############################################################################
class _ErrorReportingException(_ExpGeneratorException):
  """
  This exception may be raised by our error result reporting code.  When
  this exception is handled, there is no point in calling the error result
  reporting code again.  The typical response should be to re-raise this
  exception.
  """
  def __init__(self, problem, precursor):
    """
      problem:    a string-convertible object that describes the problem
                  experienced by the error-reporting funciton.

      precursor:  a string-convertible object that explains
                  the original error that the error-reporting function
                  was attempting to report when it encountered its own failure.
    """
    super(_ErrorReportingException, self).__init__(
                                ("Encountered error: '%s' while reporting " + \
                                "error: '%s'.") \
                                % (problem, precursor))


#############################################################################
class FieldTypeError(_ExpGeneratorException):
  pass


#############################################################################
def _makeUsageErrorStr(errorString, usageString):
  """ Combines an error string and usage string into a regular format, so they
  all look consistent.
  """
  return "ERROR: %s (%s)" % (errorString, usageString)


#############################################################################
def _handleShowSchemaOption():
  """ Displays command schema to stdout and exit program
  """
  print "\n============== BEGIN INPUT SCHEMA for --description =========>>"
  print(json.dumps(_getExperimentDescriptionSchema(), indent=_INDENT_STEP*2))
  print "\n<<============== END OF INPUT SCHEMA for --description ========"
  return


#############################################################################
def _handleDescriptionOption(cmdArgStr, outDir, usageStr, hsVersion,
                             claDescriptionTemplateFile):
  """
  Parses and validates the --description option args and executes the
  request

  Parameters:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  cmdArgStr:  JSON string compatible with _gExperimentDescriptionSchema
  outDir:     where to place generated experiment files
  usageStr:   program usage string
  hsVersion:  which version of hypersearch permutations file to generate, can
                be 'v1' or 'v2'
  claDescriptionTemplateFile: Filename containing the template description
  retval:     nothing
  

  """
  # convert --description arg from JSON string to dict
  try:
    args = json.loads(cmdArgStr)
  except Exception, e:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      _makeUsageErrorStr(
        ("JSON arg parsing failed for --description: %s\n" + \
         "ARG=<%s>") % (str(e), cmdArgStr), usageStr))

  #print "PARSED JSON ARGS=\n%s" % (json.dumps(args, indent=4))

  filesDescription = _generateExperiment(args, outDir, hsVersion=hsVersion,
                    claDescriptionTemplateFile = claDescriptionTemplateFile)

  pprint.pprint(filesDescription)

  return


#############################################################################
def _handleDescriptionFromFileOption(filename, outDir, usageStr, hsVersion,
                             claDescriptionTemplateFile):
  """
  Parses and validates the --descriptionFromFile option and executes the
  request

  Parameters:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  filename:   File from which we'll extract description JSON
  outDir:     where to place generated experiment files
  usageStr:   program usage string
  hsVersion:  which version of hypersearch permutations file to generate, can
                be 'v1' or 'v2'
  claDescriptionTemplateFile: Filename containing the template description
  retval:     nothing
  """

  try:
    fileHandle = open(filename, 'r')
    JSONStringFromFile = fileHandle.read().splitlines()
    JSONStringFromFile = ''.join(JSONStringFromFile)

  except Exception, e:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      _makeUsageErrorStr(
        ("File open failed for --descriptionFromFile: %s\n" + \
         "ARG=<%s>") % (str(e), filename), usageStr))

  _handleDescriptionOption(JSONStringFromFile, outDir, usageStr,
        hsVersion=hsVersion,
        claDescriptionTemplateFile = claDescriptionTemplateFile)
  return


#############################################################################
def _isInt(x, precision = 0.0001):
  """
  Return (isInt, intValue) for a given floating point number.

  Parameters:
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  x:  floating point number to evaluate
  precision: desired precision
  retval:   (isInt, intValue)
            isInt: True if x is close enough to an integer value
            intValue: x as an integer
  """

  xInt = int(round(x))
  return (abs(x - xInt) < precision * x, xInt)


#############################################################################
def _isString(obj):
  """
  returns whether or not the object is a string
  """

  return type(obj) in types.StringTypes


#############################################################################
def _quoteAndEscape(string):
  """
  string:   input string (ascii or unicode)

  Returns:  a quoted string with characters that are represented in python via
            escape sequences converted to those escape sequences
  """
  assert _isString(string)
  return pprint.pformat(string)


#############################################################################
def _indentLines(str, indentLevels = 1, indentFirstLine=True):
  """ Indent all lines in the given string

  str:          input string
  indentLevels: number of levels of indentation to apply
  indentFirstLine: if False, the 1st line will not be indented

  Returns:      The result string with all lines indented
  """

  indent = _ONE_INDENT * indentLevels

  lines = str.splitlines(True)
  result = ''

  if len(lines) > 0 and not indentFirstLine:
    first = 1
    result += lines[0]
  else:
    first = 0

  for line in lines[first:]:
    result += indent + line

  return result


#############################################################################
def _isCategory(fieldType):
  """Prediction function for determining whether a function is a categorical
      variable or a scalar variable.  Mainly used for determining the appropriate
      metrics.
  """

  if fieldType == 'string':
    return True
  if fieldType == 'int' or fieldType=='float':
    return False


#############################################################################
def _generateMetricSpecString(inferenceElement, metric,
                              params=None, field=None,
                              returnLabel=False):
  """ Generates the string representation of a MetricSpec object, and returns
  the metric key associated with the metric.


  Parameters:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  inferenceElement:
    An InferenceElement value that indicates which part of the inference this
    metric is computed on

  metric:
    The type of the metric being computed (e.g. aae, avg_error)

  params:
    A dictionary of parameters for the metric. The keys are the parameter names
    and the values should be the parameter values (e.g. window=200)

  field:
    The name of the field for which this metric is being computed

  returnLabel:
    If True, returns the label of the MetricSpec that was generated
  """

  metricSpecArgs = dict(metric=metric,
                        field=field,
                        params=params,
                        inferenceElement=inferenceElement)

  metricSpecAsString = "MetricSpec(%s)" % \
    ', '.join(['%s=%r' % (item[0],item[1])
              for item in metricSpecArgs.iteritems()])

  if not returnLabel:
    return metricSpecAsString

  spec = MetricSpec(**metricSpecArgs)
  metricLabel = spec.getLabel()
  return metricSpecAsString, metricLabel


#############################################################################
def _generateFileFromTemplates(templateFileNames, outputFilePath,
                              replacementDict):
  """ Generates a file by applying token replacements to the given template
  file

  templateFileName:
                  A list of template file names; these files are assumed to be in
                  the same directory as the running ExpGenerator.py script.
                  ExpGenerator will perform the substitution and concanetate
                  the files in the order they are specified

  outputFilePath: Absolute path of the output file

  replacementDict:
                  A dictionary of token/replacement pairs
  """

  # Find out where we're running from so we know where to find templates
  installPath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
  outputFile = open(outputFilePath, "w")
  outputLines = []
  inputLines = []

  firstFile = True
  for templateFileName in templateFileNames:
    # Separate lines from each file by two blank lines.
    if not firstFile:
      inputLines.extend(['\n']*2)
    firstFile = False

    inputFilePath = os.path.join(installPath, templateFileName)
    inputFile = open(inputFilePath)
    inputLines.extend(inputFile.readlines())
    inputFile.close()


  print "Writing ", len(inputLines), "lines..."

  for line in inputLines:
    tempLine = line

    # Enumerate through each key in replacementDict and replace with value
    for k, v in replacementDict.iteritems():
      if v is None:
        v = "None"
      tempLine = re.sub(k, v, tempLine)
    outputFile.write(tempLine)
  outputFile.close()


#############################################################################
def _generateEncoderChoicesV1(fieldInfo):
  """ Return a list of possible encoder parameter combinations for the given
  field and the default aggregation function to use. Each parameter combination
  is a dict defining the parameters for the encoder. Here is an example
  return value for the encoderChoicesList:

   [
     None,
     {'fieldname':'timestamp',
      'name': 'timestamp_timeOfDay',
      'type':'DateEncoder'
      'dayOfWeek': (7,1)
      },
     {'fieldname':'timestamp',
      'name': 'timestamp_timeOfDay',
      'type':'DateEncoder'
      'dayOfWeek': (7,3)
      },
  ],

  Parameters:
  --------------------------------------------------
  fieldInfo:      item from the 'includedFields' section of the
                    description JSON object

  retval:  (encoderChoicesList, aggFunction)
             encoderChoicesList: a list of encoder choice lists for this field.
               Most fields will generate just 1 encoder choice list.
               DateTime fields can generate 2 or more encoder choice lists,
                 one for dayOfWeek, one for timeOfDay, etc.
             aggFunction: name of aggregation function to use for this
                           field type

  """

  width = 7
  fieldName = fieldInfo['fieldName']
  fieldType = fieldInfo['fieldType']
  encoderChoicesList = []

  # Scalar?
  if fieldType in ['float', 'int']:
    aggFunction = 'mean'
    encoders = [None]
    for n in (13, 50, 150, 500):
      encoder = dict(type='ScalarSpaceEncoder', name=fieldName, fieldname=fieldName,
                     n=n, w=width, clipInput=True,space="absolute")
      if 'minValue' in fieldInfo:
        encoder['minval'] = fieldInfo['minValue']
      if 'maxValue' in fieldInfo:
        encoder['maxval'] = fieldInfo['maxValue']
      encoders.append(encoder)
    encoderChoicesList.append(encoders)

  # String?
  elif fieldType == 'string':
    aggFunction = 'first'
    encoders = [None]
    encoder = dict(type='SDRCategoryEncoder', name=fieldName,
                   fieldname=fieldName, n=100, w=width)
    encoders.append(encoder)
    encoderChoicesList.append(encoders)


  # Datetime?
  elif fieldType == 'datetime':
    aggFunction = 'first'

    # First, the time of day representation
    encoders = [None]
    for radius in (1, 8):
      encoder = dict(type='DateEncoder', name='%s_timeOfDay' % (fieldName),
                     fieldname=fieldName, timeOfDay=(width, radius))
      encoders.append(encoder)
    encoderChoicesList.append(encoders)

    # Now, the day of week representation
    encoders = [None]
    for radius in (1, 3):
      encoder = dict(type='DateEncoder', name='%s_dayOfWeek' % (fieldName),
                     fieldname=fieldName, dayOfWeek=(width, radius))
      encoders.append(encoder)
    encoderChoicesList.append(encoders)

  else:
    raise RuntimeError("Unsupported field type '%s'" % (fieldType))


  # Return results
  return (encoderChoicesList, aggFunction)


#############################################################################
def _generateEncoderStringsV1(includedFields):
  """ Generate and return the following encoder related substitution variables:

  encoderSpecsStr:
    For the base description file, this string defines the default
    encoding dicts for each encoder. For example:
         '__gym_encoder' : {   'fieldname': 'gym',
          'n': 13,
          'name': 'gym',
          'type': 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
          'w': 7},
        '__address_encoder' : {   'fieldname': 'address',
          'n': 13,
          'name': 'address',
          'type': 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
          'w': 7}

  encoderSchemaStr:
    For the base description file, this is a list containing a
    DeferredDictLookup entry for each encoder. For example:
        [DeferredDictLookup('__gym_encoder'),
         DeferredDictLookup('__address_encoder'),
         DeferredDictLookup('__timestamp_timeOfDay_encoder'),
         DeferredDictLookup('__timestamp_dayOfWeek_encoder'),
         DeferredDictLookup('__consumption_encoder')],

  permEncoderChoicesStr:
    For the permutations file, this defines the possible
    encoder dicts for each encoder. For example:
        '__timestamp_dayOfWeek_encoder': [
                     None,
                     {'fieldname':'timestamp',
                      'name': 'timestamp_timeOfDay',
                      'type':'DateEncoder'
                      'dayOfWeek': (7,1)
                      },
                     {'fieldname':'timestamp',
                      'name': 'timestamp_timeOfDay',
                      'type':'DateEncoder'
                      'dayOfWeek': (7,3)
                      },
                  ],

        '__field_consumption_encoder': [
                    None,
                    {'fieldname':'consumption',
                     'name': 'consumption',
                     'type':'AdaptiveScalarEncoder',
                     'n': 13,
                     'w': 7,
                      }
                   ]



  Parameters:
  --------------------------------------------------
  includedFields:  item from the 'includedFields' section of the
                    description JSON object. This is a list of dicts, each
                    dict defining the field name, type, and optional min
                    and max values.

  retval:  (encoderSpecsStr, encoderSchemaStr permEncoderChoicesStr)


  """

  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # First accumulate the possible choices for each encoder
  encoderChoicesList = []
  for fieldInfo in includedFields:

    fieldName = fieldInfo['fieldName']

    # Get the list of encoder choices for this field
    (choicesList, aggFunction) = _generateEncoderChoicesV1(fieldInfo)
    encoderChoicesList.extend(choicesList)


  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the string containing the encoder specs and encoder schema. See
  #  the function comments for an example of the encoderSpecsStr and
  #  encoderSchemaStr
  #
  encoderSpecsList = []
  for encoderChoices in encoderChoicesList:
    # Use the last choice as the default in the base file because the 1st is
    # often None
    encoder = encoderChoices[-1]

    # Check for bad characters
    for c in _ILLEGAL_FIELDNAME_CHARACTERS:
      if encoder['name'].find(c) >= 0:
        raise _ExpGeneratorException("Illegal character in field: %r (%r)" % (
          c, encoder['name']))

    encoderSpecsList.append("%s: \n%s%s" % (
        _quoteAndEscape(encoder['name']),
        2*_ONE_INDENT,
        pprint.pformat(encoder, indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)))

  encoderSpecsStr = ',\n  '.join(encoderSpecsList)


  # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the string containing the permutation encoder choices. See the
  #  function comments above for an example of the permEncoderChoicesStr

  permEncoderChoicesList = []
  for encoderChoices in encoderChoicesList:
    permEncoderChoicesList.append("%s: %s," % (
        _quoteAndEscape(encoderChoices[-1]['name']),
        pprint.pformat(encoderChoices, indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)))
  permEncoderChoicesStr = '\n'.join(permEncoderChoicesList)
  permEncoderChoicesStr = _indentLines(permEncoderChoicesStr, 1,
                                       indentFirstLine=False)

  # Return results
  return (encoderSpecsStr, permEncoderChoicesStr)


#############################################################################
def _generatePermEncoderStr(options, encoderDict):
  """ Generate the string that defines the permutations to apply for a given
  encoder. 
  
  Parameters:
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  options: experiment params
  encoderDict: the encoder dict, which gets placed into the description.py
  
  
  For example, if the encoderDict contains:
      'consumption':     {   
                'clipInput': True,
                'fieldname': u'consumption',
                'n': 100,
                'name': u'consumption',
                'type': 'AdaptiveScalarEncoder',
                'w': 21},
                
  The return string will contain:
    "PermuteEncoder(fieldName='consumption', 
                    encoderClass='AdaptiveScalarEncoder', 
                    w=21, 
                    n=PermuteInt(28, 521), 
                    clipInput=True)"

  """

  permStr = ""
  

  # If it's the encoder for the classifier input, then it's always present so
  # put it in as a dict in the permutations.py file instead of a 
  # PermuteEncoder().   
  if encoderDict.get('classifierOnly', False):
    permStr = "dict("
    for key, value in encoderDict.items():
      if key == "name":
        continue
      
      if key == 'n' and encoderDict['type'] != 'SDRCategoryEncoder':
        permStr += "n=PermuteInt(%d, %d), " % (encoderDict["w"] + 7,
                                               encoderDict["w"] + 500)
      else:
        if issubclass(type(value), basestring):
          permStr += "%s='%s', " % (key, value)
        else:
          permStr += "%s=%s, " % (key, value)
    permStr += ")" 
  
  
  else:
    # Scalar encoders
    if encoderDict["type"] in ["ScalarSpaceEncoder", "AdaptiveScalarEncoder",
                             "ScalarEncoder", "LogEncoder"]:
      permStr = "PermuteEncoder("
      for key, value in encoderDict.items():
        if key == "fieldname":
          key = "fieldName"
        elif key == "type":
          key = "encoderClass"
        elif key == "name":
          continue
          
        if key == "n":
          permStr += "n=PermuteInt(%d, %d), " % (encoderDict["w"] + 1, 
                                                 encoderDict["w"] + 500)
        elif key == "runDelta":
          if value and not "space" in encoderDict:
            permStr += "space=PermuteChoices([%s,%s]), " \
                     % (_quoteAndEscape("delta"), _quoteAndEscape("absolute"))
          encoderDict.pop("runDelta")
          
        else:
          if issubclass(type(value), basestring):
            permStr += "%s='%s', " % (key, value)
          else:
            permStr += "%s=%s, " % (key, value)
      permStr += ")"

    # Category encoder          
    elif encoderDict["type"] in ["SDRCategoryEncoder"]:
      permStr = "PermuteEncoder("
      for key, value in encoderDict.items():
        if key == "fieldname":
          key = "fieldName"
        elif key == "type":
          key = "encoderClass"
        elif key == "name":
          continue
          
        if issubclass(type(value), basestring):
          permStr += "%s='%s', " % (key, value)
        else:
          permStr += "%s=%s, " % (key, value)
      permStr += ")"
      

    # Datetime encoder
    elif encoderDict["type"] in ["DateEncoder"]:
      permStr = "PermuteEncoder("
      for key, value in encoderDict.items():
        if key == "fieldname":
          key = "fieldName"
        elif key == "type":
          continue
        elif key == "name":
          continue
          
        if key == "timeOfDay":
          permStr += "encoderClass='%s.timeOfDay', " % (encoderDict["type"])
          permStr += "radius=PermuteFloat(0.5, 12), "
          permStr += "w=%d, " % (value[0])
        elif key == "dayOfWeek":
          permStr += "encoderClass='%s.dayOfWeek', " % (encoderDict["type"])
          permStr += "radius=PermuteFloat(1, 6), "
          permStr += "w=%d, " % (value[0])
        elif key == "weekend":
          permStr += "encoderClass='%s.weekend', " % (encoderDict["type"])
          permStr += "radius=PermuteChoices([1]),  "
          permStr += "w=%d, " % (value)
        else:
          if issubclass(type(value), basestring):
            permStr += "%s='%s', " % (key, value)
          else:
            permStr += "%s=%s, " % (key, value)
      permStr += ")"

    else:
      raise RuntimeError("Unsupported encoder type '%s'" % \
                          (encoderDict["type"]))
      
  return permStr


#############################################################################
def _generateEncoderStringsV2(includedFields, options):
  """ Generate and return the following encoder related substitution variables:

  encoderSpecsStr:
    For the base description file, this string defines the default
    encoding dicts for each encoder. For example:

         __gym_encoder = {   'fieldname': 'gym',
          'n': 13,
          'name': 'gym',
          'type': 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
          'w': 7},
        __address_encoder = {   'fieldname': 'address',
          'n': 13,
          'name': 'address',
          'type': 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
          'w': 7}


  permEncoderChoicesStr:
    For the permutations file, this defines the possible
    encoder dicts for each encoder. For example:

        '__gym_encoder' : PermuteEncoder('gym', 'SDRCategoryEncoder', w=7,
            n=100),

        '__address_encoder' : PermuteEncoder('address', 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
              w=7, n=100),

        '__timestamp_dayOfWeek_encoder' : PermuteEncoder('timestamp',
            'DateEncoder.timeOfDay', w=7, radius=PermuteChoices([1, 8])),

        '__consumption_encoder': PermuteEncoder('consumption', 'AdaptiveScalarEncoder',
            w=7, n=PermuteInt(13, 500, 20), minval=0,
            maxval=PermuteInt(100, 300, 25)),



  Parameters:
  --------------------------------------------------
  includedFields:  item from the 'includedFields' section of the
                    description JSON object. This is a list of dicts, each
                    dict defining the field name, type, and optional min
                    and max values.

  retval:  (encoderSpecsStr permEncoderChoicesStr)


  """

  width = 21
  encoderDictsList = []

  
  # If this is a NontemporalClassification experiment, then the
  #  the "predicted" field (the classification value) should be marked to ONLY 
  #  go to the classifier
  if options['inferenceType'] in ["NontemporalClassification",
                                  "NontemporalMultiStep", 
                                  "TemporalMultiStep",
                                  "MultiStep"]:
    classifierOnlyField = options['inferenceArgs']['predictedField']
  else:
    classifierOnlyField = None
    

  # ==========================================================================
  # For each field, generate the default encoding dict and PermuteEncoder
  #  constructor arguments
  for fieldInfo in includedFields:

    fieldName = fieldInfo['fieldName']
    fieldType = fieldInfo['fieldType']

    # ---------
    # Scalar?
    if fieldType in ['float', 'int']:
      # n=100 is reasonably hardcoded value for n when used by description.py
      # The swarming will use PermuteEncoder below, where n is variable and
      # depends on w
      runDelta = fieldInfo.get("runDelta", False) 
      if runDelta or "space" in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict = dict(type='ScalarSpaceEncoder', name=fieldName,
                            fieldname=fieldName, n=100, w=width, clipInput=True)
        if runDelta:
          encoderDict["runDelta"] = True
      else:
        encoderDict = dict(type='AdaptiveScalarEncoder', name=fieldName,
                            fieldname=fieldName, n=100, w=width, clipInput=True)

      if 'minValue' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['minval'] = fieldInfo['minValue']
      if 'maxValue' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['maxval'] = fieldInfo['maxValue']
        
      # If both min and max were specified, use a non-adaptive encoder
      if ('minValue' in fieldInfo and 'maxValue' in fieldInfo) \
            and (encoderDict['type'] == 'AdaptiveScalarEncoder'):
        encoderDict['type'] = 'ScalarEncoder'
      
      # Defaults may have been over-ridden by specifying an encoder type
      if 'encoderType' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['type'] = fieldInfo['encoderType']

      if 'space' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['space'] = fieldInfo['space']
      encoderDictsList.append(encoderDict)



    # ---------
    # String?
    elif fieldType == 'string':
      encoderDict = dict(type='SDRCategoryEncoder', name=fieldName,
                     fieldname=fieldName, n=100+width, w=width)
      if 'encoderType' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['type'] = fieldInfo['encoderType']

      encoderDictsList.append(encoderDict)



    # ---------
    # Datetime?
    elif fieldType == 'datetime':

      # First, the time of day representation
      encoderDict = dict(type='DateEncoder', name='%s_timeOfDay' % (fieldName),
                     fieldname=fieldName, timeOfDay=(width, 1))
      if 'encoderType' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['type'] = fieldInfo['encoderType']
      encoderDictsList.append(encoderDict)


      # Now, the day of week representation
      encoderDict = dict(type='DateEncoder', name='%s_dayOfWeek' % (fieldName),
                     fieldname=fieldName, dayOfWeek=(width, 1))
      if 'encoderType' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['type'] = fieldInfo['encoderType']
      encoderDictsList.append(encoderDict)


      # Now, the day of week representation
      encoderDict = dict(type='DateEncoder', name='%s_weekend' % (fieldName),
                     fieldname=fieldName, weekend=(width))
      if 'encoderType' in fieldInfo:
        encoderDict['type'] = fieldInfo['encoderType']
      encoderDictsList.append(encoderDict)




    else:
      raise RuntimeError("Unsupported field type '%s'" % (fieldType))


    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # If this was the predicted field, insert another encoder that sends it
    # to the classifier only
    if fieldName == classifierOnlyField:
      clEncoderDict = dict(encoderDict)
      clEncoderDict['classifierOnly'] = True
      clEncoderDict['name'] = '_classifierInput'
      encoderDictsList.append(clEncoderDict)
      
      # If the predicted field needs to be excluded, take it out of the encoder
      #  lists
      if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] == "no":
        encoderDictsList.remove(encoderDict)

  # Remove any encoders not in fixedFields
  if options.get('fixedFields') is not None:
    tempList=[]
    for encoderDict in encoderDictsList:
      if encoderDict['name'] in options['fixedFields']:
        tempList.append(encoderDict)
    encoderDictsList = tempList

  # ==========================================================================
  # Now generate the encoderSpecsStr and permEncoderChoicesStr strings from 
  #  encoderDictsList and constructorStringList

  encoderSpecsList = []
  permEncoderChoicesList = []
  for encoderDict in encoderDictsList:
    
    if encoderDict['name'].find('\\') >= 0:
      raise _ExpGeneratorException("Illegal character in field: '\\'")

    # Check for bad characters
    for c in _ILLEGAL_FIELDNAME_CHARACTERS:
      if encoderDict['name'].find(c) >= 0:
        raise _ExpGeneratorException("Illegal character %s in field %r"  %(c, encoderDict['name']))

    constructorStr = _generatePermEncoderStr(options, encoderDict)

    encoderKey = _quoteAndEscape(encoderDict['name'])
    encoderSpecsList.append("%s: %s%s" % (
        encoderKey,
        2*_ONE_INDENT,
        pprint.pformat(encoderDict, indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)))
    

    # Each permEncoderChoicesStr is of the form:
    #  PermuteEncoder('gym', 'SDRCategoryEncoder',
    #          w=7, n=100),
    permEncoderChoicesList.append("%s: %s," % (encoderKey, constructorStr))


  # Join into strings
  encoderSpecsStr = ',\n  '.join(encoderSpecsList)

  permEncoderChoicesStr = '\n'.join(permEncoderChoicesList)
  permEncoderChoicesStr = _indentLines(permEncoderChoicesStr, 1,
                                       indentFirstLine=True)

  # Return results
  return (encoderSpecsStr, permEncoderChoicesStr)


#############################################################################
def _handleJAVAParameters(options):
  """ Handle legacy options (TEMPORARY) """

  # Find the correct InferenceType for the Model
  if 'inferenceType' not in options:
    prediction = options.get('prediction', {InferenceType.TemporalNextStep:
                                              {'optimize':True}})
    inferenceType = None
    for infType, value in prediction.iteritems():
      if value['optimize']:
        inferenceType = infType
        break

    if inferenceType == 'temporal':
      inferenceType = InferenceType.TemporalNextStep
    if inferenceType != InferenceType.TemporalNextStep:
      raise _ExpGeneratorException("Unsupported inference type %s"  % \
                                    (inferenceType))
    options['inferenceType'] = inferenceType

  # Find the best value for the predicted field
  if 'predictionField' in options:
    if 'inferenceArgs' not in options:
      options['inferenceArgs'] = {'predictedField': options['predictionField']}
    elif 'predictedField' not in options['inferenceArgs']:
      options['inferenceArgs']['predictedField'] = options['predictionField']


#############################################################################
def _getPropertyValue(schema, propertyName, options):
  """Checks to see if property is specified in 'options'. If not, reads the
  default value from the schema"""

  if propertyName not in options:
    paramsSchema = schema['properties'][propertyName]
    if 'default' in paramsSchema:
      options[propertyName] = paramsSchema['default']
    else:
      options[propertyName] = None


#############################################################################
def _getExperimentDescriptionSchema():
  """
  Returns the experiment description schema. This implementation loads it in
  from file experimentDescriptionSchema.json.

  Parameters:
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Returns:    returns a dict representing the experiment description schema.
  """
  installPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
  schemaFilePath = os.path.join(installPath, "experimentDescriptionSchema.json")
  return json.loads(open(schemaFilePath, 'r').read())


#############################################################################
def _generateExperiment(options, outputDirPath, hsVersion,
                             claDescriptionTemplateFile):
  """ Executes the --description option, which includes:

      1. Perform provider compatibility checks
      2. Preprocess the training and testing datasets (filter, join providers)
      3. If test dataset omitted, split the training dataset into training
         and testing datasets.
      4. Gather statistics about the training and testing datasets.
      5. Generate experiment scripts (description.py, permutaions.py)

  Parameters:
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  options:  dictionary that matches the schema defined by the return value of
            _getExperimentDescriptionSchema();  NOTE: this arg may be modified
            by this function.

  outputDirPath:  where to place generated files

  hsVersion:  which version of hypersearch permutations file to generate, can
                be 'v1' or 'v2'
  claDescriptionTemplateFile: Filename containing the template description


  Returns:    on success, returns a dictionary per _experimentResultsJSONSchema;
              raises exception on error

      Assumption1: input train and test files have identical field metadata
  """

  _gExperimentDescriptionSchema = _getExperimentDescriptionSchema()

  # Validate JSON arg using JSON schema validator
  try:
    validictory.validate(options, _gExperimentDescriptionSchema)
  except Exception, e:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      ("JSON arg validation failed for option --description: " + \
       "%s\nOPTION ARG=%s") % (str(e), pprint.pformat(options)))

  # Validate the streamDef
  streamSchema = json.load(resource_stream(jsonschema.__name__,
                                           'stream_def.json'))
  try:
    validictory.validate(options['streamDef'], streamSchema)
  except Exception, e:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      ("JSON arg validation failed for streamDef " + \
       "%s\nOPTION ARG=%s") % (str(e), json.dumps(options)))

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Handle legacy parameters from JAVA API server
  # TODO: remove this!
  _handleJAVAParameters(options)

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Get default values
  for propertyName in _gExperimentDescriptionSchema['properties']:
    _getPropertyValue(_gExperimentDescriptionSchema, propertyName, options)

  
  if options['inferenceArgs'] is not None:
    infArgs = _gExperimentDescriptionSchema['properties']['inferenceArgs']
    for schema in infArgs['type']:
      if isinstance(schema, dict):
        for propertyName in schema['properties']:
          _getPropertyValue(schema, propertyName, options['inferenceArgs'])

  if options['anomalyParams'] is not None:
    anomalyArgs = _gExperimentDescriptionSchema['properties']['anomalyParams']
    for schema in anomalyArgs['type']:
      if isinstance(schema, dict):
        for propertyName in schema['properties']:
          _getPropertyValue(schema, propertyName, options['anomalyParams'])

  
  # If the user specified nonTemporalClassification, make sure prediction
  # steps is 0
  predictionSteps = options['inferenceArgs'].get('predictionSteps', None)
  if options['inferenceType'] == InferenceType.NontemporalClassification:
    if predictionSteps is not None and predictionSteps != [0]:
      raise RuntimeError("When NontemporalClassification is used, prediction"
                         " steps must be [0]")
  
  # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # If the user asked for 0 steps of prediction, then make this a spatial
  #  classification experiment
  if predictionSteps == [0] \
    and options['inferenceType'] in ['NontemporalMultiStep', 
                                     'TemporalMultiStep',
                                     'MultiStep']:
    options['inferenceType'] = InferenceType.NontemporalClassification
 
  
  # If NontemporalClassification was chosen as the inferenceType, then the
  #  predicted field can NOT be used as an input
  if options["inferenceType"] == InferenceType.NontemporalClassification:
    if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] == "yes" \
        or options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] == "auto":
      raise RuntimeError("When the inference type is NontemporalClassification"
                         " inputPredictedField must be set to 'no'")
    options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] = "no"
  
  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Process the swarmSize setting, if provided
  swarmSize = options['swarmSize']
  
  if swarmSize is None:
    if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] is None:
      options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] = "auto"

  elif swarmSize == 'small':
    if options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] is None:
      options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] = 3
    if options['iterationCount'] is None:
      options['iterationCount'] = 100
    if options['maxModels'] is None:
      options['maxModels'] = 1
    if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] is None:
      options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] = "yes"

  elif swarmSize == 'medium':
    if options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] is None:
      options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] = 5
    if options['iterationCount'] is None:
      options['iterationCount'] = 4000
    if options['maxModels'] is None:
      options['maxModels'] = 200
    if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] is None:
      options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] = "auto"
      
  elif swarmSize == 'large':
    if options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] is None:
      options['minParticlesPerSwarm'] = 15
    #options['killUselessSwarms'] = False
    #options['minFieldContribution'] = -1000
    #options['maxFieldBranching'] = 10
    #options['tryAll3FieldCombinations'] = True
    options['tryAll3FieldCombinationsWTimestamps'] = True
    if options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] is None:
      options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"] = "auto"
      
  else:
    raise RuntimeError("Unsupported swarm size: %s" % (swarmSize))
    

  
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Get token replacements
  tokenReplacements = dict()

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the encoder related substitution strings
  includedFields = options['includedFields']
  if hsVersion == 'v1':
    (encoderSpecsStr, permEncoderChoicesStr) = \
        _generateEncoderStringsV1(includedFields)
  elif hsVersion in ['v2', 'ensemble']:
    (encoderSpecsStr, permEncoderChoicesStr) = \
        _generateEncoderStringsV2(includedFields, options)
  else:
    raise RuntimeError("Unsupported hsVersion of %s" % (hsVersion))



  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the string containing the sensor auto-reset dict.
  if options['resetPeriod'] is not None:
    sensorAutoResetStr = pprint.pformat(options['resetPeriod'],
                                         indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)
  else:
    sensorAutoResetStr = 'None'


  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the string containing the aggregation settings.
  aggregationPeriod = {
      'days': 0,
      'hours': 0,
      'microseconds': 0,
      'milliseconds': 0,
      'minutes': 0,
      'months': 0,
      'seconds': 0,
      'weeks': 0,
      'years': 0,
  }

  # Honor any overrides provided in the stream definition
  aggFunctionsDict = {}
  if 'aggregation' in options['streamDef']:
    for key in aggregationPeriod.keys():
      if key in options['streamDef']['aggregation']:
        aggregationPeriod[key] = options['streamDef']['aggregation'][key]
    if 'fields' in options['streamDef']['aggregation']:
      for (fieldName, func) in options['streamDef']['aggregation']['fields']:
        aggFunctionsDict[fieldName] = str(func)

  # Do we have any aggregation at all?
  hasAggregation = False
  for v in aggregationPeriod.values():
    if v != 0:
      hasAggregation = True
      break


  # Convert the aggFunctionsDict to a list
  aggFunctionList = aggFunctionsDict.items()
  aggregationInfo = dict(aggregationPeriod)
  aggregationInfo['fields'] = aggFunctionList

  # Form the aggregation strings
  aggregationInfoStr = "%s" % (pprint.pformat(aggregationInfo,
                                              indent=2*_INDENT_STEP))



  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the string defining the dataset. This is basically the
  #  streamDef, but referencing the aggregation we already pulled out into the
  #  config dict (which enables permuting over it)
  datasetSpec = options['streamDef']
  if 'aggregation' in datasetSpec:
    datasetSpec.pop('aggregation')
  if hasAggregation:
    datasetSpec['aggregation'] = '$SUBSTITUTE'
  datasetSpecStr = pprint.pformat(datasetSpec, indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)
  datasetSpecStr = datasetSpecStr.replace(
      "'$SUBSTITUTE'", "config['aggregationInfo']")
  datasetSpecStr = _indentLines(datasetSpecStr, 2, indentFirstLine=False)


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Was computeInterval specified with Multistep prediction? If so, this swarm
  #  should permute over different aggregations
  computeInterval = options['computeInterval']
  if computeInterval is not None \
      and options['inferenceType'] in ['NontemporalMultiStep',
                                       'TemporalMultiStep',
                                       'MultiStep']:

    # Compute the predictAheadTime based on the minAggregation (specified in
    #  the stream definition) and the number of prediction steps
    predictionSteps = options['inferenceArgs'].get('predictionSteps', [1])
    if len(predictionSteps) > 1:
      raise _InvalidCommandArgException("Invalid predictionSteps: %s. " \
              "When computeInterval is specified, there can only be one " \
              "stepSize in predictionSteps." % predictionSteps)

    if max(aggregationInfo.values()) == 0:
      raise _InvalidCommandArgException("Missing or nil stream aggregation: "
            "When computeInterval is specified, then the stream aggregation "
            "interval must be non-zero.")

    # Compute the predictAheadTime
    numSteps = predictionSteps[0]
    predictAheadTime = dict(aggregationPeriod)
    for key in predictAheadTime.iterkeys():
      predictAheadTime[key] *= numSteps
    predictAheadTimeStr = pprint.pformat(predictAheadTime,
                                         indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)

    # This tells us to plug in a wildcard string for the prediction steps that
    #  we use in other parts of the description file (metrics, inferenceArgs,
    #  etc.)
    options['dynamicPredictionSteps'] = True

  else:
    options['dynamicPredictionSteps'] = False
    predictAheadTimeStr = "None"



  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Save environment-common token substitutions

  tokenReplacements['\$EXP_GENERATOR_PROGRAM_PATH'] = \
                                _quoteAndEscape(os.path.abspath(__file__))

  # If the "uber" metric 'MultiStep' was specified, then plug in TemporalMultiStep
  #  by default
  inferenceType = options['inferenceType']
  if inferenceType == 'MultiStep':
    inferenceType = InferenceType.TemporalMultiStep
  tokenReplacements['\$INFERENCE_TYPE'] = "'%s'" % inferenceType
  
  # Nontemporal classificaion uses only encoder and classifier
  if inferenceType == InferenceType.NontemporalClassification:
    tokenReplacements['\$SP_ENABLE'] = "False"
    tokenReplacements['\$TP_ENABLE'] = "False"
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$SP_ENABLE'] = "True"
    tokenReplacements['\$TP_ENABLE'] = "True"
    tokenReplacements['\$CLA_CLASSIFIER_IMPL'] = ""
    

  tokenReplacements['\$ANOMALY_PARAMS'] = pprint.pformat(
      options['anomalyParams'], indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)

  tokenReplacements['\$ENCODER_SPECS'] = encoderSpecsStr
  tokenReplacements['\$SENSOR_AUTO_RESET'] = sensorAutoResetStr

  tokenReplacements['\$AGGREGATION_INFO'] = aggregationInfoStr

  tokenReplacements['\$DATASET_SPEC'] = datasetSpecStr
  if options['iterationCount'] is None:
    options['iterationCount'] = -1
  tokenReplacements['\$ITERATION_COUNT'] \
                                        = str(options['iterationCount'])

  tokenReplacements['\$SP_POOL_PCT'] \
                                        = str(options['spCoincInputPoolPct'])

  tokenReplacements['\$HS_MIN_PARTICLES'] \
                                        = str(options['minParticlesPerSwarm'])


  tokenReplacements['\$SP_PERM_CONNECTED'] \
                                        = str(options['spSynPermConnected'])

  tokenReplacements['\$FIELD_PERMUTATION_LIMIT'] \
                                        = str(options['fieldPermutationLimit'])

  tokenReplacements['\$PERM_ENCODER_CHOICES'] \
                                        = permEncoderChoicesStr

  predictionSteps = options['inferenceArgs'].get('predictionSteps', [1])
  predictionStepsStr = ','.join([str(x) for x in predictionSteps])
  tokenReplacements['\$PREDICTION_STEPS'] = "'%s'" % (predictionStepsStr)

  tokenReplacements['\$PREDICT_AHEAD_TIME'] = predictAheadTimeStr

  # Option permuting over SP synapse decrement value
  tokenReplacements['\$PERM_SP_CHOICES'] = ""
  if options['spPermuteDecrement'] \
        and options['inferenceType'] != 'NontemporalClassification': 
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_SP_CHOICES'] = \
      _ONE_INDENT +"'synPermInactiveDec': PermuteFloat(0.0003, 0.1),\n"

  # The TP permutation parameters are not required for non-temporal networks
  if options['inferenceType'] in ['NontemporalMultiStep',
                                  'NontemporalClassification']:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TP_CHOICES'] = ""
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TP_CHOICES'] = \
        "  'activationThreshold': PermuteInt(12, 16),\n"  \
      + "  'minThreshold': PermuteInt(9, 12),\n" \
      + "  'pamLength': PermuteInt(1, 5),\n"


  # If the inference type is just the generic 'MultiStep', then permute over
  #  temporal/nonTemporal multistep
  if options['inferenceType'] == 'MultiStep':
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_INFERENCE_TYPE_CHOICES'] = \
      "  'inferenceType': PermuteChoices(['NontemporalMultiStep', " \
      + "'TemporalMultiStep']),"
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_INFERENCE_TYPE_CHOICES'] = ""


  # The Classifier permutation parameters are only required for
  #  Multi-step inference types
  if options['inferenceType'] in ['NontemporalMultiStep', 'TemporalMultiStep',
                                  'MultiStep', 'TemporalAnomaly', 
                                  'NontemporalClassification']:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_CL_CHOICES'] = \
        "  'alpha': PermuteFloat(0.0001, 0.1),\n"

  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_CL_CHOICES'] = ""


  # The Permutations alwaysIncludePredictedField setting. 
  # * When the experiment description has 'inputPredictedField' set to 'no', we 
  #   simply do not put in an encoder for the predicted field. 
  # * When 'inputPredictedField' is set to 'auto', we include an encoder for the 
  #   predicted field and swarming tries it out just like all the other fields.
  # * When 'inputPredictedField' is set to 'yes', we include this setting in
  #   the permutations file which informs swarming to always use the
  #   predicted field (the first swarm will be the predicted field only) 
  tokenReplacements['\$PERM_ALWAYS_INCLUDE_PREDICTED_FIELD'] = \
      "inputPredictedField = '%s'" % \
                            (options["inferenceArgs"]["inputPredictedField"])  

    
  # The Permutations minFieldContribution setting
  if options.get('minFieldContribution', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MIN_FIELD_CONTRIBUTION'] = \
        "minFieldContribution = %d" % (options['minFieldContribution']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MIN_FIELD_CONTRIBUTION'] = ""
    
  # The Permutations killUselessSwarms setting
  if options.get('killUselessSwarms', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_KILL_USELESS_SWARMS'] = \
        "killUselessSwarms = %r" % (options['killUselessSwarms']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_KILL_USELESS_SWARMS'] = ""

  # The Permutations maxFieldBranching setting
  if options.get('maxFieldBranching', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MAX_FIELD_BRANCHING'] = \
        "maxFieldBranching = %r" % (options['maxFieldBranching']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MAX_FIELD_BRANCHING'] = ""

  # The Permutations tryAll3FieldCombinations setting
  if options.get('tryAll3FieldCombinations', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TRY_ALL_3_FIELD_COMBINATIONS'] = \
        "tryAll3FieldCombinations = %r" % (options['tryAll3FieldCombinations']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TRY_ALL_3_FIELD_COMBINATIONS'] = ""

  # The Permutations tryAll3FieldCombinationsWTimestamps setting
  if options.get('tryAll3FieldCombinationsWTimestamps', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TRY_ALL_3_FIELD_COMBINATIONS_W_TIMESTAMPS'] = \
        "tryAll3FieldCombinationsWTimestamps = %r" % \
                (options['tryAll3FieldCombinationsWTimestamps']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_TRY_ALL_3_FIELD_COMBINATIONS_W_TIMESTAMPS'] = ""


  # The Permutations fieldFields setting
  if options.get('fixedFields', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_FIXED_FIELDS'] = \
        "fixedFields = %r" % (options['fixedFields']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_FIXED_FIELDS'] = ""

  # The Permutations fastSwarmModelParams setting
  if options.get('fastSwarmModelParams', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_FAST_SWARM_MODEL_PARAMS'] = \
        "fastSwarmModelParams = %r" % (options['fastSwarmModelParams']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_FAST_SWARM_MODEL_PARAMS'] = ""


  # The Permutations maxModels setting
  if options.get('maxModels', None) is not None:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MAX_MODELS'] = \
        "maxModels = %r" % (options['maxModels']) 
  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_MAX_MODELS'] = ""


  # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # The Aggregation choices have to be determined when we are permuting over
  #   aggregations.
  if options['dynamicPredictionSteps']:
    debugAgg = True

    # First, we need to error check to insure that computeInterval is an integer
    #  multiple of minAggregation (aggregationPeriod)
    quotient = aggregationDivide(computeInterval, aggregationPeriod)
    (isInt, multiple) = _isInt(quotient)
    if not isInt or multiple < 1:
      raise _InvalidCommandArgException("Invalid computeInterval: %s. "
              "computeInterval must be an integer multiple of the stream "
              "aggregation (%s)." % (computeInterval, aggregationPeriod))


    # The valid aggregation choices are governed by the following constraint,
    #   1.) (minAggregation * N) * M = predictAheadTime
    #       (minAggregation * N) * M = maxPredictionSteps * minAggregation
    #       N * M = maxPredictionSteps
    #
    #   2.) computeInterval = K * aggregation
    #       computeInterval = K * (minAggregation * N)
    #
    # where: aggregation = minAggregation * N
    #        K, M and N are integers >= 1
    #          N = aggregation / minAggregation
    #          M = predictionSteps, for a particular aggregation
    #          K = number of predictions within each compute interval
    #

    # Let's build up a a list of the possible N's that satisfy the
    #  N * M = maxPredictionSteps constraint
    mTimesN = float(predictionSteps[0])
    possibleNs = []
    for n in xrange(1, int(mTimesN)+1):
      m = mTimesN / n
      mInt = int(round(m))
      if mInt < 1:
        break
      if abs(m - mInt) > 0.0001 * m:
        continue
      possibleNs.append(n)

    if debugAgg:
      print "All integer factors of %d are: %s" % (mTimesN, possibleNs)

    # Now go through and throw out any N's that don't satisfy the constraint:
    #  computeInterval = K * (minAggregation * N)
    aggChoices = []
    for n in possibleNs:
      # Compute minAggregation * N
      agg = dict(aggregationPeriod)
      for key in agg.iterkeys():
        agg[key] *= n

      # Make sure computeInterval is an integer multiple of the aggregation
      # period
      quotient = aggregationDivide(computeInterval, agg)
      #print computeInterval, agg
      #print quotient
      #import sys; sys.exit()
      (isInt, multiple) = _isInt(quotient)
      if not isInt or multiple < 1:
        continue
      aggChoices.append(agg)

    # Only eveluate up to 5 different aggregations
    aggChoices = aggChoices[-5:]

    if debugAgg:
      print "Aggregation choices that will be evaluted during swarming:"
      for agg in aggChoices:
        print "  ==>", agg
      print

    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_AGGREGATION_CHOICES'] = (
        "PermuteChoices(%s)" % (
            pprint.pformat(aggChoices, indent=2*_INDENT_STEP)))

  else:
    tokenReplacements['\$PERM_AGGREGATION_CHOICES'] = aggregationInfoStr



  # Generate the inferenceArgs replacement tokens
  _generateInferenceArgs(options, tokenReplacements)

  # Generate the metric replacement tokens
  _generateMetricsSubstitutions(options, tokenReplacements)


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate Control dictionary
  environment = options['environment']
  if environment == OpfEnvironment.Nupic:
    tokenReplacements['\$ENVIRONMENT'] = "'%s'"%OpfEnvironment.Nupic
    controlTemplate = "nupicEnvironmentTemplate.tpl"
  elif environment == OpfEnvironment.Experiment:
    tokenReplacements['\$ENVIRONMENT'] = "'%s'"%OpfEnvironment.Experiment
    controlTemplate = "opfExperimentTemplate.tpl"
  else:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException("Invalid environment type %s"% environment)

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  if outputDirPath is None:
    outputDirPath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
  if not os.path.exists(outputDirPath):
    os.makedirs(outputDirPath)

  print "Generating experiment files in directory: %s..." % (outputDirPath)
  descriptionPyPath = os.path.join(outputDirPath, "description.py")
  _generateFileFromTemplates([claDescriptionTemplateFile, controlTemplate],
                              descriptionPyPath,
                              tokenReplacements)

  permutationsPyPath = os.path.join(outputDirPath, "permutations.py")

  if hsVersion == 'v1':
    _generateFileFromTemplates(['permutationsTemplateV1.tpl'],permutationsPyPath,
                            tokenReplacements)
  elif hsVersion == 'ensemble':
    _generateFileFromTemplates(['permutationsTemplateEnsemble.tpl'],permutationsPyPath,
                            tokenReplacements)
  elif hsVersion == 'v2':
    _generateFileFromTemplates(['permutationsTemplateV2.tpl'],permutationsPyPath,
                            tokenReplacements)
  else:
    raise(ValueError("This permutation version is not supported yet: %s" %
                        hsVersion))

  print "done."


#############################################################################
def _generateMetricsSubstitutions(options, tokenReplacements):
  """Generate the token substitution for metrics related fields.
  This includes:
    \$METRICS
    \$LOGGED_METRICS
    \$PERM_OPTIMIZE_SETTING
  """
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  #
  options['loggedMetrics'] = [".*"]

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the required metrics
  metricList, optimizeMetricLabel = _generateMetricSpecs(options)

  metricListString = ",\n".join(metricList)
  metricListString = _indentLines(metricListString, 2, indentFirstLine=False)
  permOptimizeSettingStr = 'minimize = "%s"' % optimizeMetricLabel
  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Specify which metrics should be logged
  loggedMetricsListAsStr = "[%s]" % (", ".join(["'%s'"% ptrn
                                              for ptrn in options['loggedMetrics']]))


  tokenReplacements['\$LOGGED_METRICS'] \
                                        = loggedMetricsListAsStr

  tokenReplacements['\$METRICS'] = metricListString

  tokenReplacements['\$PERM_OPTIMIZE_SETTING'] \
                                        = permOptimizeSettingStr


#############################################################################
def _generateMetricSpecs(options):
  """ Generates the Metrics for a given InferenceType

  Parameters:
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  options: ExpGenerator options
  retval: (metricsList, optimizeMetricLabel)
            metricsList: list of metric string names
            optimizeMetricLabel: Name of the metric which to optimize over

  """
  inferenceType = options['inferenceType']
  inferenceArgs = options['inferenceArgs']
  predictionSteps = inferenceArgs['predictionSteps']
  metricWindow = options['metricWindow']
  if metricWindow is None:
    metricWindow = int(Configuration.get("nupic.opf.metricWindow"))

  metricSpecStrings = []
  optimizeMetricLabel = ""

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Generate the metrics specified by the expGenerator paramters
  metricSpecStrings.extend(_generateExtraMetricSpecs(options))

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------

  optimizeMetricSpec = None
  # If using a dynamically computed prediction steps (i.e. when swarming
  #  over aggregation is requested), then we will plug in the variable
  #  predictionSteps in place of the statically provided predictionSteps
  #  from the JSON description.
  if options['dynamicPredictionSteps']:
    assert len(predictionSteps) == 1
    predictionSteps = ['$REPLACE_ME']

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Metrics for temporal prediction
  if inferenceType in (InferenceType.TemporalNextStep,
                       InferenceType.TemporalAnomaly,
                       InferenceType.TemporalMultiStep,
                       InferenceType.NontemporalMultiStep,
                       InferenceType.NontemporalClassification,
                       'MultiStep'):

    predictedFieldName, predictedFieldType = _getPredictedField(options)
    isCategory = _isCategory(predictedFieldType)
    metricNames = ('avg_err',) if isCategory else ('aae', 'altMAPE')
    trivialErrorMetric = 'avg_err' if isCategory else 'altMAPE'
    oneGramErrorMetric = 'avg_err' if isCategory else 'altMAPE'
    movingAverageBaselineName = 'moving_mode' if isCategory else 'moving_mean'

    # Multi-step metrics
    for metricName in metricNames:
      metricSpec, metricLabel = \
        _generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
                 inferenceElement=InferenceElement.multiStepBestPredictions,
                 metric='multiStep',
                 params={'errorMetric': metricName,
                               'window':metricWindow,
                               'steps': predictionSteps},
                 returnLabel=True)
      metricSpecStrings.append(metricSpec)

    # If the custom error metric was specified, add that
    if options["customErrorMetric"] is not None :
      metricParams = dict(options["customErrorMetric"])
      metricParams['errorMetric'] = 'custom_error_metric'
      metricParams['steps'] = predictionSteps
      # If errorWindow is not specified, make it equal to the default window
      if not "errorWindow" in metricParams:
        metricParams["errorWindow"] = metricWindow
      metricSpec, metricLabel =_generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
                   inferenceElement=InferenceElement.multiStepPredictions,
                   metric="multiStep",
                   params=metricParams,
                   returnLabel=True)
      metricSpecStrings.append(metricSpec)

    # If this is the first specified step size, optimize for it. Be sure to
    #  escape special characters since this is a regular expression
    optimizeMetricSpec = metricSpec
    metricLabel = metricLabel.replace('[', '\\[')
    metricLabel = metricLabel.replace(']', '\\]')
    optimizeMetricLabel = metricLabel

    if options["customErrorMetric"] is not None :
      optimizeMetricLabel = ".*custom_error_metric.*"

    # Add in the trivial metrics
    if options["runBaselines"] \
          and inferenceType != InferenceType.NontemporalClassification:
      for steps in predictionSteps:
        metricSpecStrings.append(
          _generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
                                    inferenceElement=InferenceElement.prediction,
                                    metric="trivial",
                                    params={'window':metricWindow,
                                                  "errorMetric":trivialErrorMetric,
                                                  'steps': steps})
          )

        ##Add in the One-Gram baseline error metric
        #metricSpecStrings.append(
        #  _generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
        #                            inferenceElement=InferenceElement.encodings,
        #                            metric="two_gram",
        #                            params={'window':metricWindow,
        #                                          "errorMetric":oneGramErrorMetric,
        #                                          'predictionField':predictedFieldName,
        #                                          'steps': steps})
        #  )
        #
        #Include the baseline moving mean/mode metric
        if isCategory:
          metricSpecStrings.append(
            _generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
                                      inferenceElement=InferenceElement.prediction,
                                      metric=movingAverageBaselineName,
                                      params={'window':metricWindow
                                                    ,"errorMetric":"avg_err",
                                                    "mode_window":200,
                                                    "steps": steps})
            )
        else :
          metricSpecStrings.append(
            _generateMetricSpecString(field=predictedFieldName,
                                      inferenceElement=InferenceElement.prediction,
                                      metric=movingAverageBaselineName,
                                      params={'window':metricWindow
                                                    ,"errorMetric":"altMAPE",
                                                    "mean_window":200,
                                                    "steps": steps})
            )

    


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Metrics for classification
  elif inferenceType in (InferenceType.TemporalClassification):

    metricName = 'avg_err'
    trivialErrorMetric = 'avg_err'
    oneGramErrorMetric = 'avg_err'
    movingAverageBaselineName = 'moving_mode'

    optimizeMetricSpec, optimizeMetricLabel = \
      _generateMetricSpecString(inferenceElement=InferenceElement.classification,
                               metric=metricName,
                               params={'window':metricWindow},
                               returnLabel=True)

    metricSpecStrings.append(optimizeMetricSpec)

    if options["runBaselines"]:
      # If temporal, generate the trivial predictor metric
      if inferenceType == InferenceType.TemporalClassification:
        metricSpecStrings.append(
          _generateMetricSpecString(inferenceElement=InferenceElement.classification,
                                    metric="trivial",
                                    params={'window':metricWindow,
                                                  "errorMetric":trivialErrorMetric})
          )
        metricSpecStrings.append(
          _generateMetricSpecString(inferenceElement=InferenceElement.classification,
                                    metric="two_gram",
                                    params={'window':metricWindow,
                                                  "errorMetric":oneGramErrorMetric})
          )
        metricSpecStrings.append(
          _generateMetricSpecString(inferenceElement=InferenceElement.classification,
                                    metric=movingAverageBaselineName,
                                    params={'window':metricWindow
                                                  ,"errorMetric":"avg_err",
                                                  "mode_window":200})
          )


    # Custom Error Metric
    if not options["customErrorMetric"] == None :
      #If errorWindow is not specified, make it equal to the default window
      if not "errorWindow" in options["customErrorMetric"]:
        options["customErrorMetric"]["errorWindow"] = metricWindow
      optimizeMetricSpec = _generateMetricSpecString(
                                inferenceElement=InferenceElement.classification,
                                metric="custom",
                                params=options["customErrorMetric"])
      optimizeMetricLabel = ".*custom_error_metric.*"
  
      metricSpecStrings.append(optimizeMetricSpec)


  # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  # If plug in the predictionSteps variable for any dynamically generated
  #  prediction steps
  if options['dynamicPredictionSteps']:
    for i in range(len(metricSpecStrings)):
      metricSpecStrings[i] = metricSpecStrings[i].replace(
          "'$REPLACE_ME'", "predictionSteps")
    optimizeMetricLabel = optimizeMetricLabel.replace(
        "'$REPLACE_ME'", ".*")
  return metricSpecStrings, optimizeMetricLabel


#############################################################################
def _generateExtraMetricSpecs(options):
  """Generates the non-default metrics specified by the expGenerator params """
  global _metricSpecSchema

  results = []
  for metric in options['metrics']:

    for propertyName in _metricSpecSchema['properties'].keys():
      _getPropertyValue(_metricSpecSchema, propertyName, metric)


    specString, label = _generateMetricSpecString(
                                          field=metric['field'],
                                          metric=metric['metric'],
                                          params=metric['params'],
                                          inferenceElement=\
                                                    metric['inferenceElement'],
                                          returnLabel=True)
    if metric['logged']:
      options['loggedMetrics'].append(label)

    results.append(specString)

  return results


#############################################################################
def _getPredictedField(options):
  """ Gets the predicted field and it's datatype from the options dictionary

  Returns: (predictedFieldName, predictedFieldType)
  """
  if not options['inferenceArgs'] or \
      not options['inferenceArgs']['predictedField']:
    return None, None

  predictedField = options['inferenceArgs']['predictedField']
  predictedFieldInfo = None
  includedFields = options['includedFields']

  for info in includedFields:
    if info['fieldName'] == predictedField:
      predictedFieldInfo = info
      break

  if predictedFieldInfo is None:
    raise ValueError(
      "Predicted field '%s' does not exist in included fields." % predictedField
    )
  predictedFieldType = predictedFieldInfo['fieldType']

  return predictedField, predictedFieldType


#############################################################################
def _generateInferenceArgs(options, tokenReplacements):
  """ Generates the token substitutions related to the predicted field
  and the supplemental arguments for prediction
  """
  inferenceType = options['inferenceType']
  optionInferenceArgs = options.get('inferenceArgs', None)
  resultInferenceArgs = {}
  predictedField = _getPredictedField(options)[0]

  if inferenceType in (InferenceType.TemporalNextStep,
                       InferenceType.TemporalAnomaly):
    assert predictedField,  "Inference Type '%s' needs a predictedField "\
                            "specified in the inferenceArgs dictionary"\
                            % inferenceType

  if optionInferenceArgs:
    # If we will be using a dynamically created predictionSteps, plug in that
    #  variable name in place of the constant scalar value
    if options['dynamicPredictionSteps']:
      altOptionInferenceArgs = copy.deepcopy(optionInferenceArgs)
      altOptionInferenceArgs['predictionSteps'] = '$REPLACE_ME'
      resultInferenceArgs = pprint.pformat(altOptionInferenceArgs)
      resultInferenceArgs = resultInferenceArgs.replace("'$REPLACE_ME'",
                                                        '[predictionSteps]')
    else:
      resultInferenceArgs = pprint.pformat(optionInferenceArgs)

  tokenReplacements['\$INFERENCE_ARGS'] = resultInferenceArgs

  tokenReplacements['\$PREDICTION_FIELD'] = predictedField


#############################################################################
def expGenerator(args):
  """ Parses, validates, and executes command-line options;

  On success: Performs requested operation and exits program normally

  On Error:   Dumps exception/error info in JSON format to stdout and exits the
              program with non-zero status.
  """

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Parse command line options
  #
  parser = OptionParser()
  parser.set_usage("%prog [options] --description='{json object with args}'\n" + \
                   "%prog [options] --descriptionFromFile='{filename}'\n" + \
                   "%prog [options] --showSchema")

  parser.add_option("--description", dest = "description",
    help = "Tells ExpGenerator to generate an experiment description.py and " \
           "permutations.py file using the given JSON formatted experiment "\
           "description string.")

  parser.add_option("--descriptionFromFile", dest = 'descriptionFromFile',
    help = "Tells ExpGenerator to open the given filename and use it's " \
           "contents as the JSON formatted experiment description.")

  parser.add_option("--claDescriptionTemplateFile",
    dest = 'claDescriptionTemplateFile',
    default = 'claDescriptionTemplate.tpl',
    help = "The file containing the template description file for " \
           " ExpGenerator [default: %default]")

  parser.add_option("--showSchema",
                    action="store_true", dest="showSchema",
                    help="Prints the JSON schemas for the --description arg.")

  parser.add_option("--version", dest = 'version', default='v2',
    help = "Generate the permutations file for this version of hypersearch."
            " Possible choices are 'v1' and 'v2' [default: %default].")

  parser.add_option("--outDir",
                    dest = "outDir", default=None,
                    help = "Where to generate experiment. If not specified, " \
                           "then a temp directory will be created"
                    )
  (options, remainingArgs) = parser.parse_args(args)

  #print("OPTIONS=%s" % (str(options)))

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Check for unprocessed args
  #
  if len(remainingArgs) > 0:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      _makeUsageErrorStr("Unexpected command-line args: <%s>" % \
                         (' '.join(remainingArgs),), parser.get_usage()))

  # -----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Check for use of mutually-exclusive options
  #
  activeOptions = filter(lambda x: getattr(options, x) != None,
                         ('description', 'showSchema'))
  if len(activeOptions) > 1:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      _makeUsageErrorStr(("The specified command options are " + \
                          "mutually-exclusive: %s") % (activeOptions,),
                          parser.get_usage()))



  # -----------------------------------------------------------------
  # Process requests
  #
  if options.showSchema:
    _handleShowSchemaOption()

  elif options.description:
    _handleDescriptionOption(options.description, options.outDir,
           parser.get_usage(), hsVersion=options.version,
           claDescriptionTemplateFile = options.claDescriptionTemplateFile)

  elif options.descriptionFromFile:
    _handleDescriptionFromFileOption(options.descriptionFromFile,
          options.outDir, parser.get_usage(), hsVersion=options.version,
          claDescriptionTemplateFile = options.claDescriptionTemplateFile)

  else:
    raise _InvalidCommandArgException(
      _makeUsageErrorStr("Error in validating command options. No option "
                         "provided:\n", parser.get_usage()))



#############################################################################
if __name__ == '__main__':
  expGenerator(sys.argv[1:])

Why not use `inferenceType is InferenceType.TemporalClassification` here?