First working/testable version of model_factory

.gitignore

+# Keeping this deployment specific
+models.txt
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]

models_example.txt

+# All the models that should be available through this instance of VIPSCore-Python must be
+# installed through running pip install -r models.txt
+
+# The file models.txt is ignored by git, so it will be instance specific.
+# To start, copy the models_example.txt file to models.txt and add models from 
+# the preferred sources
+
+# pyPIP example
+# model_name
+
+# Gitlab/github example
+# git+https://gitlab.nibio.no/VIPS/models/python/referencemodel.git@0.1.5
+
+# Local disk example
+# /home/treinar/prosjekter/vips/Sourcecode/models/Python/ReferenceModel
\ No newline at end of file

src/model_factory.py

+import importlib
+import pkgutil
+from vipscore_common.vips_model import VIPSModel
+
+_models = None
+_packages = None
+
+def discover_models():
+    """
+    Searches the current Python path for packages that contains "vips" in the package or module name
+    """
+    models = {}
+    global _packages
+    _packages = []
+    for package in pkgutil.walk_packages():
+        # Package or module has to contain "vips",
+        # otherwise it will not be indexed
+        if "vips" in package.name:
+            _packages.append(package)
+            print(package.name)
+            try:
+                importlib.import_module(package.name)
+            except:
+                pass
+    for vipsmodel_subclass in VIPSModel.__subclasses__():
+        # We must have an instance to reach the property
+        vipsmodel_instance = vipsmodel_subclass()
+        if models.get(vipsmodel_instance.model_id) is None:
+            models[vipsmodel_instance.model_id] = vipsmodel_subclass
+        else:
+            possible_duplicate = models.get(vipsmodel_instance.model_id)
+            raise ValueError("ERROR when trying to index VIPS model %s: VIPS model %s has the same ID (%s). Please check your model installations" % (vipsmodel_subclass, possible_duplicate, vipsmodel_instance.model_id))
+
+    return models
+
+def get_model_instance(model_id):
+    global _models
+    if _models is None:
+        print("Indexing models")
+        _models = discover_models()
+    return _models.get(model_id)()
+
+def get_vips_model_packages():
+    global _packages
+    if _packages is None:
+        discover_models()
+    return _packages
+
+# USAGE EXAMPLE. REMOVE when U start using the module from elsewhere
+model = get_model_instance("REFERENCEM")
+print(model.get_model_name())
+print(get_vips_model_packages())
+
+