refactor(framework) Make federation_options in Exec API use ConfigsRecords

src/proto/flwr/proto/exec.proto

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package flwr.proto;
 
 import "flwr/proto/fab.proto";
 import "flwr/proto/transport.proto";
+import "flwr/proto/recordset.proto";
 
 service Exec {
   // Start run upon request
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ service Exec {
 message StartRunRequest {
   Fab fab = 1;
   map<string, Scalar> override_config = 2;
-  map<string, Scalar> federation_config = 3;
+  ConfigsRecord federation_options = 3;
 }
 message StartRunResponse { uint64 run_id = 1; }
 message StreamLogsRequest {

src/py/flwr/cli/run/run.py

@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@
     validate_federation_in_project_config,
     validate_project_config,
 )
-from flwr.common.config import flatten_dict, parse_config_args
+from flwr.common.config import (
+    flatten_dict,
+    parse_config_args,
+    user_config_to_configsrecord,
+)
 from flwr.common.grpc import GRPC_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH, create_channel
 from flwr.common.logger import log
-from flwr.common.serde import fab_to_proto, user_config_to_proto
+from flwr.common.serde import (
+    configs_record_to_proto,
+    fab_to_proto,
+    user_config_to_proto,
+)
 from flwr.common.typing import Fab
 from flwr.proto.exec_pb2 import StartRunRequest  # pylint: disable=E0611
 from flwr.proto.exec_pb2_grpc import ExecStub
@@ -94,6 +102,7 @@ def run(
         _run_without_exec_api(app, federation_config, config_overrides, federation)
 
 
+# pylint: disable-next=too-many-locals
 def _run_with_exec_api(
     app: Path,
     federation_config: dict[str, Any],
@@ -118,12 +127,14 @@ def _run_with_exec_api(
     content = Path(fab_path).read_bytes()
     fab = Fab(fab_hash, content)
 
+    # Construct a `ConfigsRecord` out of a flattened `UserConfig`
+    fed_conf = flatten_dict(federation_config.get("options", {}))
+    c_record = user_config_to_configsrecord(fed_conf)
+
     req = StartRunRequest(
         fab=fab_to_proto(fab),
         override_config=user_config_to_proto(parse_config_args(config_overrides)),
-        federation_config=user_config_to_proto(
-            flatten_dict(federation_config.get("options"))
-        ),
+        federation_options=configs_record_to_proto(c_record),
     )
     res = stub.StartRun(req)
 

src/py/flwr/common/config.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import tomli
 
 from flwr.cli.config_utils import get_fab_config, validate_fields
+from flwr.common import ConfigsRecord
 from flwr.common.constant import (
     APP_DIR,
     FAB_CONFIG_FILE,
@@ -229,3 +230,12 @@ def get_metadata_from_config(config: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple[str, str]:
         config["project"]["version"],
         f"{config['tool']['flwr']['app']['publisher']}/{config['project']['name']}",
     )
+
+
+def user_config_to_configsrecord(config: UserConfig) -> ConfigsRecord:
+    """Construct a `ConfigsRecord` out of a `UserConfig`."""
+    c_record = ConfigsRecord()
+    for k, v in config.items():
+        c_record[k] = v
+
+    return c_record

src/py/flwr/proto/exec_pb2.pyi

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ isort:skip_file
 """
 import builtins
 import flwr.proto.fab_pb2
+import flwr.proto.recordset_pb2
 import flwr.proto.transport_pb2
 import google.protobuf.descriptor
 import google.protobuf.internal.containers
@@ -30,38 +31,23 @@ class StartRunRequest(google.protobuf.message.Message):
         def HasField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["value",b"value"]) -> builtins.bool: ...
         def ClearField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["key",b"key","value",b"value"]) -> None: ...
 
-    class FederationConfigEntry(google.protobuf.message.Message):
-        DESCRIPTOR: google.protobuf.descriptor.Descriptor
-        KEY_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
-        VALUE_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
-        key: typing.Text
-        @property
-        def value(self) -> flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar: ...
-        def __init__(self,
-            *,
-            key: typing.Text = ...,
-            value: typing.Optional[flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar] = ...,
-            ) -> None: ...
-        def HasField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["value",b"value"]) -> builtins.bool: ...
-        def ClearField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["key",b"key","value",b"value"]) -> None: ...
-
     FAB_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
     OVERRIDE_CONFIG_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
-    FEDERATION_CONFIG_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
+    FEDERATION_OPTIONS_FIELD_NUMBER: builtins.int
     @property
     def fab(self) -> flwr.proto.fab_pb2.Fab: ...
     @property
     def override_config(self) -> google.protobuf.internal.containers.MessageMap[typing.Text, flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar]: ...
     @property
-    def federation_config(self) -> google.protobuf.internal.containers.MessageMap[typing.Text, flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar]: ...
+    def federation_options(self) -> flwr.proto.recordset_pb2.ConfigsRecord: ...
     def __init__(self,
         *,
         fab: typing.Optional[flwr.proto.fab_pb2.Fab] = ...,
         override_config: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[typing.Text, flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar]] = ...,
-        federation_config: typing.Optional[typing.Mapping[typing.Text, flwr.proto.transport_pb2.Scalar]] = ...,
+        federation_options: typing.Optional[flwr.proto.recordset_pb2.ConfigsRecord] = ...,
         ) -> None: ...
-    def HasField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["fab",b"fab"]) -> builtins.bool: ...
-    def ClearField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["fab",b"fab","federation_config",b"federation_config","override_config",b"override_config"]) -> None: ...
+    def HasField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["fab",b"fab","federation_options",b"federation_options"]) -> builtins.bool: ...
+    def ClearField(self, field_name: typing_extensions.Literal["fab",b"fab","federation_options",b"federation_options","override_config",b"override_config"]) -> None: ...
 global___StartRunRequest = StartRunRequest
 
 class StartRunResponse(google.protobuf.message.Message):

src/py/flwr/superexec/deployment.py

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def start_run(
         self,
         fab_file: bytes,
         override_config: UserConfig,
-        federation_config: UserConfig,
+        federation_options: ConfigsRecord,
     ) -> Optional[int]:
         """Start run using the Flower Deployment Engine."""
         run_id = None

src/py/flwr/superexec/exec_servicer.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 from flwr.common.constant import LOG_STREAM_INTERVAL, Status
 from flwr.common.logger import log
-from flwr.common.serde import user_config_from_proto
+from flwr.common.serde import configs_record_from_proto, user_config_from_proto
 from flwr.proto import exec_pb2_grpc  # pylint: disable=E0611
 from flwr.proto.exec_pb2 import (  # pylint: disable=E0611
     StartRunRequest,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def StartRun(
         run_id = self.executor.start_run(
             request.fab.content,
             user_config_from_proto(request.override_config),
-            user_config_from_proto(request.federation_config),
+            configs_record_from_proto(request.federation_options),
         )
 
         if run_id is None:

src/py/flwr/superexec/executor.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from subprocess import Popen
 from typing import Optional
 
+from flwr.common import ConfigsRecord
 from flwr.common.typing import UserConfig
 from flwr.server.superlink.ffs.ffs_factory import FfsFactory
 from flwr.server.superlink.linkstate import LinkStateFactory
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ def start_run(
         self,
         fab_file: bytes,
         override_config: UserConfig,
-        federation_config: UserConfig,
+        federation_options: ConfigsRecord,
     ) -> Optional[int]:
         """Start a run using the given Flower FAB ID and version.
 
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ def start_run(
             The Flower App Bundle file bytes.
         override_config: UserConfig
             The config overrides dict sent by the user (using `flwr run`).
-        federation_config: UserConfig
-            The federation options dict sent by the user (using `flwr run`).
+        federation_options: ConfigsRecord
+            The federation options sent by the user (using `flwr run`).
 
         Returns
         -------

src/py/flwr/superexec/simulation.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 from flwr.cli.config_utils import load_and_validate
 from flwr.cli.install import install_from_fab
+from flwr.common import ConfigsRecord
 from flwr.common.config import unflatten_dict
 from flwr.common.constant import RUN_ID_NUM_BYTES
 from flwr.common.logger import log
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ def start_run(
         self,
         fab_file: bytes,
         override_config: UserConfig,
-        federation_config: UserConfig,
+        federation_options: ConfigsRecord,
     ) -> Optional[int]:
         """Start run using the Flower Simulation Engine."""
         if self.num_supernodes is None:
@@ -163,14 +164,13 @@ def start_run(
                     "Config extracted from FAB's pyproject.toml is not valid"
                 )
 
-            # Flatten federated config
-            federation_config_flat = unflatten_dict(federation_config)
+            # Unflatten underlaying dict
+            fed_opt = unflatten_dict({**federation_options})
 
-            num_supernodes = federation_config_flat.get(
-                "num-supernodes", self.num_supernodes
-            )
-            backend_cfg = federation_config_flat.get("backend", {})
-            verbose: Optional[bool] = federation_config_flat.get("verbose")
+            # Read data
+            num_supernodes = fed_opt.get("num-supernodes", self.num_supernodes)
+            backend_cfg = fed_opt.get("backend", {})
+            verbose: Optional[bool] = fed_opt.get("verbose")
 
             # In Simulation there is no SuperLink, still we create a run_id
             run_id = generate_rand_int_from_bytes(RUN_ID_NUM_BYTES)