Forward per-tool repr to the accessed tool (#3478)

docs/source/getting_started/quickstart.rst

@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ as a table in a Jupyter notebook:
 
    terrain.xrs        # prints slope, hillshade, ndvi, watershed, ... by category
 
+Drop the call parentheses on a single tool to read its signature and
+docstring, the same text ``help(terrain.xrs.slope)`` shows:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   terrain.xrs.slope  # prints the slope signature and docstring
+
 Reading and writing GeoTIFFs
 ============================
 

xrspatial/accessor.py

@@ -689,13 +689,88 @@ def _accessor_repr_html(cls):
     )
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Per-tool repr: evaluating a single tool (``da.xrs.slope``) without calling it
+# should show that tool's own signature and docstring, not the whole accessor
+# catalog. A bound method's repr is ``<bound method Cls.name of {repr(self)}>``,
+# and ``repr(self)`` routes through the accessor's catalog ``__repr__``, so
+# without intervention the full listing gets embedded (issue #3478). The
+# accessor wraps public methods in this proxy on attribute access instead.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _accessor_tool_repr_text(method):
+    """Plain-text repr for a single accessor tool: signature + docstring."""
+    name = method.__name__
+    try:
+        sig = str(inspect.signature(method))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        sig = "(...)"
+    lines = [f".xrs.{name}{sig}"]
+    doc = inspect.getdoc(method)
+    if doc:
+        lines += ["", doc]
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def _accessor_tool_repr_html(method):
+    """Jupyter HTML repr for a single tool: the text repr in a <pre> block."""
+    return (
+        "<pre style='white-space:pre-wrap'>"
+        f"{html.escape(_accessor_tool_repr_text(method))}"
+        "</pre>"
+    )
+
+
+class _AccessorTool:
+    """Callable proxy returned for a public accessor method on attribute access.
+
+    Forwards calls to the wrapped bound method unchanged, but renders its own
+    signature and docstring when evaluated in a REPL or notebook instead of the
+    bound-method repr (which would embed the whole accessor catalog via
+    ``repr(self)``; issue #3478). ``__doc__`` / ``__wrapped__`` are mirrored so
+    ``help()`` and ``inspect`` keep seeing the delegated documentation.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, method):
+        self._method = method
+        self.__wrapped__ = method
+        self.__name__ = method.__name__
+        self.__qualname__ = method.__qualname__
+        self.__doc__ = method.__doc__
+
+    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._method(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return _accessor_tool_repr_text(self._method)
+
+    def _repr_html_(self):
+        return _accessor_tool_repr_html(self._method)
+
+
+def _wrap_accessor_attr(accessor, name):
+    """``__getattribute__`` body shared by both accessors.
+
+    Returns public bound methods wrapped in :class:`_AccessorTool`; everything
+    else (private attributes, the catalog ``__repr__``) is returned untouched.
+    """
+    attr = object.__getattribute__(accessor, name)
+    if name.startswith("_") or not inspect.ismethod(attr):
+        return attr
+    return _AccessorTool(attr)
+
+
 @xr.register_dataarray_accessor("xrs")
 class XrsSpatialDataArrayAccessor:
     """DataArray accessor exposing xarray-spatial operations."""
 
     def __init__(self, obj):
         self._obj = obj
 
+    def __getattribute__(self, name):
+        return _wrap_accessor_attr(self, name)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return _accessor_repr_text(type(self))
 
@@ -1354,6 +1429,9 @@ class XrsSpatialDatasetAccessor:
     def __init__(self, obj):
         self._obj = obj
 
+    def __getattribute__(self, name):
+        return _wrap_accessor_attr(self, name)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return _accessor_repr_text(type(self))
 

xrspatial/tests/test_accessor.py

@@ -628,3 +628,75 @@ def test_categories_fallback_when_source_unavailable():
     html_out = _accessor_repr_html(Dummy)
     assert 'Available tools' in html_out
     assert '<code>foo</code>' in html_out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 12. Per-tool repr — da.xrs.slope shows slope's own info, not the catalog (#3478)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from xrspatial.accessor import _AccessorTool  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def test_tool_repr_is_scoped_to_the_tool(elevation):
+    """repr(da.xrs.slope) shows slope's signature + docstring, not the catalog."""
+    from xrspatial import slope
+
+    text = repr(elevation.xrs.slope)
+    assert text.startswith('.xrs.slope(')
+    # The catalog repr's header and other categories must not leak in.
+    assert 'call as: .xrs.<name>(...)' not in text
+    assert 'Surface:' not in text
+    assert 'Hydrology:' not in text
+    # The slope docstring is surfaced instead.
+    assert inspect.getdoc(slope) in text
+
+
+def test_tool_repr_distinct_per_tool(elevation):
+    """Different tools render different reprs (no shared catalog block)."""
+    assert repr(elevation.xrs.slope) != repr(elevation.xrs.aspect)
+    assert repr(elevation.xrs.aspect).startswith('.xrs.aspect(')
+
+
+def test_tool_access_returns_callable_proxy(elevation):
+    """The wrapped tool is an _AccessorTool that still forwards calls."""
+    from xrspatial.slope import slope
+
+    tool = elevation.xrs.slope
+    assert isinstance(tool, _AccessorTool)
+    xr.testing.assert_identical(tool(), slope(elevation))
+
+
+def test_tool_proxy_preserves_help_metadata(elevation):
+    """help()/inspect see the delegated docstring and the method name."""
+    from xrspatial import slope
+
+    tool = elevation.xrs.slope
+    assert inspect.getdoc(tool) == inspect.getdoc(slope)
+    assert tool.__name__ == 'slope'
+
+
+def test_tool_repr_html_scoped_to_tool(elevation):
+    """The notebook repr of a single tool is the tool's own block, not a table."""
+    out = elevation.xrs.slope._repr_html_()
+    assert '<pre' in out
+    assert '.xrs.slope(' in out
+    # No catalog table / other categories.
+    assert '<table>' not in out
+    assert 'Hydrology' not in out
+
+
+def test_tool_repr_on_dataset_accessor(elevation):
+    """The Dataset accessor scopes its per-tool repr the same way."""
+    ds = xr.Dataset({'elev': elevation})
+    text = repr(ds.xrs.slope)
+    assert text.startswith('.xrs.slope(')
+    assert 'Surface:' not in text
+
+
+def test_catalog_repr_still_works_with_proxy(elevation):
+    """The accessor-level catalog repr is unchanged by the per-tool wrapping."""
+    text = repr(elevation.xrs)
+    assert 'Surface:' in text
+    assert 'slope' in text
+    # _repr_html_ on the accessor itself still renders the table.
+    assert '<table>' in elevation.xrs._repr_html_()