Add type hint when get a SpatialElement item

src/spatialdata/_core/_elements.py

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 
 from collections import UserDict
 from collections.abc import Iterable, KeysView, ValuesView
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TypeVar
 from warnings import warn
 
 from anndata import AnnData
 from dask.dataframe import DataFrame as DaskDataFrame
 from geopandas import GeoDataFrame
+from xarray import DataArray, DataTree
 
 from spatialdata._core.validation import check_key_is_case_insensitively_unique, check_valid_name
 from spatialdata._types import Raster_T
@@ -25,8 +26,10 @@
     get_model,
 )
 
+T = TypeVar("T")
 
-class Elements(UserDict[str, Any]):
+
+class Elements(UserDict[str, T]):
     def __init__(self, shared_keys: set[str | None]) -> None:
         self._shared_keys = shared_keys
         super().__init__()
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ def _check_key(key: str, element_keys: Iterable[str], shared_keys: set[str | Non
                 # Validation raises ValueError, but inappropriate mapping key must raise KeyError.
                 raise KeyError(*e.args) from e
 
-    def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+    def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: T) -> None:
         self._add_shared_key(key)
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
@@ -61,12 +64,12 @@ def keys(self) -> KeysView[str]:
         """Return the keys of the Elements."""
         return self.data.keys()
 
-    def values(self) -> ValuesView[Any]:
+    def values(self) -> ValuesView[T]:
         """Return the values of the Elements."""
         return self.data.values()
 
 
-class Images(Elements):
+class Images(Elements[DataArray | DataTree]):
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Raster_T) -> None:
         self._check_key(key, self.keys(), self._shared_keys)
         schema = get_model(value)
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Raster_T) -> None:
             NotImplementedError("TODO: implement for ndim > 4.")
 
 
-class Labels(Elements):
+class Labels(Elements[DataArray | DataTree]):
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Raster_T) -> None:
         self._check_key(key, self.keys(), self._shared_keys)
         schema = get_model(value)
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Raster_T) -> None:
             NotImplementedError("TODO: implement for ndim > 3.")
 
 
-class Shapes(Elements):
+class Shapes(Elements[GeoDataFrame]):
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: GeoDataFrame) -> None:
         self._check_key(key, self.keys(), self._shared_keys)
         schema = get_model(value)
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: GeoDataFrame) -> None:
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
 
-class Points(Elements):
+class Points(Elements[DaskDataFrame]):
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: DaskDataFrame) -> None:
         self._check_key(key, self.keys(), self._shared_keys)
         schema = get_model(value)
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: DaskDataFrame) -> None:
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
 
-class Tables(Elements):
+class Tables(Elements[AnnData]):
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: AnnData) -> None:
         self._check_key(key, self.keys(), self._shared_keys)
         schema = get_model(value)

src/spatialdata/_core/spatialdata.py

@@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ def subset(
         )
         return SpatialData(**elements_dict, tables=tables, attrs=self.attrs)
 
-    def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> SpatialElement:
+    def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> SpatialElement | AnnData:
         """
         Return the element with the given name.
 

src/spatialdata/testing.py

@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@
 from xarray.testing import assert_equal
 
 from spatialdata import SpatialData
-from spatialdata._core._elements import Elements
+from spatialdata._core._elements import Images, Labels, Points, Shapes, Tables
 from spatialdata.models import PointsModel
 from spatialdata.models._utils import SpatialElement
 from spatialdata.transformations.operations import get_transformation
 
+_Elements = Images | Labels | Shapes | Points | Tables
+
 
 def assert_elements_dict_are_identical(
-    elements0: Elements, elements1: Elements, check_transformations: bool = True, check_metadata: bool = True
+    elements0: _Elements,
+    elements1: _Elements,
+    check_transformations: bool = True,
+    check_metadata: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Compare two dictionaries of elements and assert that they are identical (except for the order of the keys).
@@ -55,7 +60,10 @@ def assert_elements_dict_are_identical(
         element0 = elements0[k]
         element1 = elements1[k]
         assert_elements_are_identical(
-            element0, element1, check_transformations=check_transformations, check_metadata=check_metadata
+            element0,
+            element1,
+            check_transformations=check_transformations,
+            check_metadata=check_metadata,
         )
 
 
@@ -125,7 +133,10 @@ def assert_elements_are_identical(
 
 
 def assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(
-    sdata0: SpatialData, sdata1: SpatialData, check_transformations: bool = True, check_metadata: bool = True
+    sdata0: SpatialData,
+    sdata1: SpatialData,
+    check_transformations: bool = True,
+    check_metadata: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Compare two SpatialData objects and assert that they are identical.
@@ -169,5 +180,8 @@ def assert_spatial_data_objects_are_identical(
         element0 = sdata0[element_name]
         element1 = sdata1[element_name]
         assert_elements_are_identical(
-            element0, element1, check_transformations=check_transformations, check_metadata=check_metadata
+            element0,
+            element1,
+            check_transformations=check_transformations,
+            check_metadata=check_metadata,
         )