Allow None in butler put arguments

This allows "optional" outputs in failure states.
lsst · Mar 19, 2024 · 42a0300 · 42a0300
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commit 42a0300
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/python/lsst/pipe/base/_quantumContext.py b/python/lsst/pipe/base/_quantumContext.py
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ def put(
             ``[calexp1, calexp2]``. Like wise if there is a single ref, then
             only a single object need be passed. The same restriction applies
             if dataset is directly a `list` of `~lsst.daf.butler.DatasetRef`
-            or a single `~lsst.daf.butler.DatasetRef`.
+            or a single `~lsst.daf.butler.DatasetRef`. If ``values.NAME`` is
+            None, no output is written.
         dataset : `OutputQuantizedConnection` or `list`[`DatasetRef`] \
                 or `DatasetRef`
             This argument may either be an `InputQuantizedConnection` which
@@ -371,7 +372,9 @@ def put(
                     " attributes must be passed as the values to put"
                 )
             for name, refs in dataset:
-                valuesAttribute = getattr(values, name)
+                valuesAttribute = getattr(values, name, None)
+                if valuesAttribute is None:
+                    continue
                 if isinstance(refs, list | tuple):
                     if len(refs) != len(valuesAttribute):
                         raise ValueError(f"There must be a object to put for every Dataset ref in {name}")