ofplang-validate 0.1.1

Validator for Object-flow Programming Language workflows.

ofplang validate

A validator for Object-flow Programming Language v0 — a YAML-based dataflow workflow IR with linear Object tracking. The language is defined in the ofplang/spec repository.

The validator checks that a document is well-formed portable v0: structure and types, the feature model, linear Object tracking, structured nodes, contracts, and scheduling policies. It reports findings as stable error codes rather than free text, so results are easy to consume in tests and tooling.

Install

pip install ofplang-validate

Requires Python 3.10+. The only runtime dependency is PyYAML. For development, install editable with the test extra from a clone:

pip install -e ".[test]"

Command line

ofp-validate <file>...                 # or: python -m ofplang.validate <file>...
ofp-validate --mode extension-tolerant doc.yaml
ofp-validate --format json doc.yaml

Options: --mode {strict,extension-tolerant}, --format {text,json}, -q/--quiet, --no-color.

Exit codes: 0 all valid, 1 validation errors found, 2 usage/input error.

$ ofp-validate workflow.yaml
workflow.yaml:7:15: error unknown_type  processes.main.inputs.x.type  unknown type in 'Foo'
1 error in 1 of 1 file

Diagnostics carry a file:line:col source position (an imported fragment's own file when the problem is inside an $import); --format json includes file/line/col fields.

This tool is also intended to be exposed as the validate subcommand of the umbrella ofp CLI (a separate repository in the ofplang organization).

Library

from ofplang.validate import validate

result = validate("workflow.yaml", mode="strict")
if not result.ok:
    for d in result.diagnostics:
        print(d.code, d.path, d.message)

validate(source, *, mode="strict") returns a ValidationResult with .ok and .diagnostics (each a Diagnostic(code, message, path, file, line, col)). The validator collects all independent findings rather than stopping at the first; only a YAML parse or $import resolution failure is terminal.

The package lives under the ofplang PEP 420 namespace (ofplang.validate), shared across the organization's tools.

Scope

Covers graph-time validation of portable v0. Runtime failures, and run/data-phase preflight checks, are out of scope (spec §6.2, §25). Two modes are supported: strict (portable v0) and extension-tolerant (accepts x- extension keys).

Tests

The behavior is pinned by a spec-derived conformance suite that matches on error codes (see tests/conformance/README.md).

pytest                         # run everything
OFPLANG_STRICT_TESTS=1 pytest  # full contract, no pending escapes