itask.py has code related to COMPSPlatform

[ZDu-IDM]

File: idmtools_core/idmtools/entities/itask.py

def to_dict(self) -> Dict:
    """
    Select metadata fields and make a new dict.

    Returns: dict
    """
    from idmtools.core.context import get_current_platform

    result = dict()
    metadata_fields = self.metadata_fields
    platform = get_current_platform()
    for f in fields(self):
        if not f.name.startswith("_") and f.name not in ['parent']:
            try:
                from idmtools_platform_comps.comps_platform import COMPSPlatform
                if isinstance(platform, COMPSPlatform):
                    if f.name in metadata_fields:
                        result[f.name] = getattr(self, f.name)
                    else:
                        result[f.name] = f.default
                else:
                    result[f.name] = getattr(self, f.name)
            except ImportError:
                result[f.name] = getattr(self, f.name)
    return result

Note: we should remove COMPSPlatform dependency!

[devclinton]

• Investigate why this is here? What happens without this code? How does comps behave? How does slurm behave?
• If there is a reason for this, can it be done in the platform?