Allowing exemption to axis guessing on coords

docs/src/whatsnew/latest.rst

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
 
 ✨ Features
 ===========
-
+   
 #. `@trexfeathers`_ and `@HGWright`_ (reviewer) sub-categorised all Iris'
    :class:`UserWarning`\s for richer filtering. The full index of
    sub-categories can be seen here: :mod:`iris.exceptions` . (:pull:`5498`)
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ This document explains the changes made to Iris for this release
    Winter - December to February) will be assigned to the preceding year (e.g.
    the year of December) instead of the following year (the default behaviour).
    (:pull:`5573`)
+
+   #. `@HGWright`_ added :attr:`~iris.coords.Coord.ignore_axis` to allow manual
+   intervention preventing :func:`~iris.util.guess_coord_axis` from acting on a
+   coordinate. (:pull:`5551`)
 
 
 🐛 Bugs Fixed

lib/iris/coords.py

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 import iris.time
 import iris.util
 
+#: The default value for ignore_axis which controls guess_coord_axis' behaviour
+DEFAULT_IGNORE_AXIS = False
+
 
 class _DimensionalMetadata(CFVariableMixin, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     """
@@ -860,7 +863,6 @@ def xml_element(self, doc):
                 element.setAttribute(
                     "climatological", str(self.climatological)
                 )
-
         if self.attributes:
             attributes_element = doc.createElement("attributes")
             for name in sorted(self.attributes.keys()):
@@ -1593,6 +1595,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.bounds = bounds
         self.climatological = climatological
 
+        self._ignore_axis = DEFAULT_IGNORE_AXIS
+
     def copy(self, points=None, bounds=None):
         """
         Returns a copy of this coordinate.
@@ -1625,6 +1629,10 @@ def copy(self, points=None, bounds=None):
             # self.
             new_coord.bounds = bounds
 
+        # The state of ignore_axis is controlled by the coordinate rather than
+        # the metadata manager
+        new_coord.ignore_axis = self.ignore_axis
+
         return new_coord
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1644,7 +1652,14 @@ def from_coord(cls, coord):
         if issubclass(cls, DimCoord):
             # DimCoord introduces an extra constructor keyword.
             kwargs["circular"] = getattr(coord, "circular", False)
-        return cls(**kwargs)
+
+        new_coord = cls(**kwargs)
+
+        # The state of ignore_axis is controlled by the coordinate rather than
+        # the metadata manager
+        new_coord.ignore_axis = coord.ignore_axis
+
+        return new_coord
 
     @property
     def points(self):
@@ -1736,6 +1751,24 @@ def climatological(self, value):
 
         self._metadata_manager.climatological = value
 
+    @property
+    def ignore_axis(self):
+        """
+        A boolean that controls whether guess_coord_axis acts on this
+        coordinate.
+
+        Defaults to False, and when set to True it will be skipped by
+        guess_coord_axis.
+        """
+        return self._ignore_axis
+
+    @ignore_axis.setter
+    def ignore_axis(self, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, bool):
+            emsg = "'ignore_axis' can only be set to 'True' or 'False'"
+            raise ValueError(emsg)
+        self._ignore_axis = value
+
     def lazy_points(self):
         """
         Return a lazy array representing the coord points.
@@ -2694,7 +2727,6 @@ def __init__(
             Will set to True when a climatological time axis is loaded
             from NetCDF.
             Always False if no bounds exist.
-
         """
         # Configure the metadata manager.
         self._metadata_manager = metadata_manager_factory(DimCoordMetadata)

lib/iris/tests/unit/conftest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Copyright Iris contributors
+#
+# This file is part of Iris and is released under the BSD license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
+"""Unit tests fixture infra-structure."""
+import pytest
+
+import iris
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def sample_coord():
+    sample_coord = iris.coords.DimCoord(points=(1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
+    return sample_coord

lib/iris/tests/unit/coords/test_Coord.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import dask.array as da
 import numpy as np
+import pytest
 
 import iris
 from iris.coords import AuxCoord, Coord, DimCoord
@@ -1149,6 +1150,39 @@ def test_change_units(self):
         self.assertFalse(coord.climatological)
 
 
+class TestIgnoreAxis:
+    def test_default(self, sample_coord):
+        assert sample_coord.ignore_axis is False
+
+    def test_set_true(self, sample_coord):
+        sample_coord.ignore_axis = True
+        assert sample_coord.ignore_axis is True
+
+    def test_set_random_value(self, sample_coord):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            ValueError,
+            match=r"'ignore_axis' can only be set to 'True' or 'False'",
+        ):
+            sample_coord.ignore_axis = "foo"
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "ignore_axis, copy_or_from, result",
+        [
+            (True, "copy", True),
+            (True, "from_coord", True),
+            (False, "copy", False),
+            (False, "from_coord", False),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_copy_coord(self, ignore_axis, copy_or_from, result, sample_coord):
+        sample_coord.ignore_axis = ignore_axis
+        if copy_or_from == "copy":
+            new_coord = sample_coord.copy()
+        elif copy_or_from == "from_coord":
+            new_coord = sample_coord.from_coord(sample_coord)
+        assert new_coord.ignore_axis is result
+
+
 class Test___init____abstractmethod(tests.IrisTest):
     def test(self):
         emsg = (

lib/iris/tests/unit/util/test_guess_coord_axis.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright Iris contributors
+#
+# This file is part of Iris and is released under the BSD license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
+"""Test function :func:`iris.util.guess_coord_axis`."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from iris.util import guess_coord_axis
+
+
+class TestGuessCoord:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "coordinate, axis",
+        [
+            ("longitude", "X"),
+            ("grid_longitude", "X"),
+            ("projection_x_coordinate", "X"),
+            ("latitude", "Y"),
+            ("grid_latitude", "Y"),
+            ("projection_y_coordinate", "Y"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_coord(self, coordinate, axis, sample_coord):
+        sample_coord.standard_name = coordinate
+        assert guess_coord_axis(sample_coord) == axis
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "units, axis",
+        [
+            ("hPa", "Z"),
+            ("days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00", "T"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_units(self, units, axis, sample_coord):
+        sample_coord.units = units
+        assert guess_coord_axis(sample_coord) == axis
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "ignore_axis, result",
+        [
+            (True, None),
+            (False, "X"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_ignore_axis(self, ignore_axis, result, sample_coord):
+        sample_coord.standard_name = "longitude"
+        sample_coord.ignore_axis = ignore_axis
+
+        assert guess_coord_axis(sample_coord) == result

lib/iris/util.py

@@ -257,10 +257,17 @@ def guess_coord_axis(coord):
     This function maintains laziness when called; it does not realise data.
     See more at :doc:`/userguide/real_and_lazy_data`.
 
+    The ``guess_coord_axis`` behaviour can be skipped by setting the coordinate property ``ignore_axis``
+    to ``False``.
+
     """
+
     axis = None
 
-    if coord.standard_name in (
+    if hasattr(coord, "ignore_axis") and coord.ignore_axis is True:
+        return axis
+
+    elif coord.standard_name in (
         "longitude",
         "grid_longitude",
         "projection_x_coordinate",