Adding common library file

wildfire_occurrence/model/common.py

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+import sys
+import argparse
+import omegaconf
+from datetime import datetime
+from wildfire_occurrence.model.config import Config
+
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# read_config
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def read_config(filename: str, config_class=Config):
+    """
+    Read configuration filename and initiate objects
+    """
+    # Configuration file initialization
+    schema = omegaconf.OmegaConf.structured(config_class)
+    conf = omegaconf.OmegaConf.load(filename)
+    try:
+        conf = omegaconf.OmegaConf.merge(schema, conf)
+    except BaseException as err:
+        sys.exit(f"ERROR: {err}")
+    return conf
+
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# validate_date
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def valid_date(s):
+    try:
+        return datetime.strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%d")
+    except ValueError:
+        msg = "not a valid date: {0!r}".format(s)
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(msg)