Change function name HMASynthesizer.update_table_parameters --> set_table_parameters

[npatki]

Problem Description

Currently, the method to reset the table parameters is named HMASynthesizer.update_table_parameters.

This does not accurately reflect the functionality:

1. If I am updating parameters, I would expect that any partial changes override the original values but the rest remain
2. If I am setting parameters, I would expect that all the parameters are getting reset

From looking at the functionality, it appears that we are in the 2nd scenario. So the method is not actually updating, but setting.

Expected behavior

Change the method name to: HMASynthesizer.set_table_parameters

Additional context

Try running the following code:

s = HMASynthesizer(metadata)
s.update_table_parameters(
    table_name='users',
    table_parameters={
        'enforce_min_max_values': False,
        'numerical_distributions': {
            'A': 'gamma',
            'B': 'beta' }})

s.update_table_parameters(
    table_name='users',
    table_parameters={
        'numerical_distributions': {
            'A': 'uniform'}})

Observe that the end state is:

• enforce_min_max_values=True and
• A='uniform'

This means that the second call for update_table_parameters completely overrides the first -- i.e. this is (re)setting parameters not updating them.