JP-3721: Simplify ModelContainer (#330)

spacetelescope · Oct 8, 2024 · d602f7c · d602f7c
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diff --git a/changes/330.misc.rst b/changes/330.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+allow new-look ModelContainer to be the default container when opening any list-like
diff --git a/docs/source/jwst/datamodels/attributes.rst b/docs/source/jwst/datamodels/attributes.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The current models are as follows:
     'NirspecIFUCubeParsModel', 'MiriIFUCubeParsModel',
     'IFUFOREModel', 'IFUImageModel', 'IFUPostModel', 'IFUSlicerModel',
     'ImageModel', 'IPCModel', 'IRS2Model', 'LastFrameModel', 'Level1bModel',
-    'LinearityModel', 'MaskModel', 'ModelContainer', 'MSAModel',
+    'LinearityModel', 'MaskModel', 'MSAModel',
     'MultiCombinedSpecModel', 'MultiExposureModel',
     'MultiExtract1dImageModel', 'MultiSlitModel',
     'MultiSpecModel',
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The current models are as follows:
     'RegionsModel', 'ResetModel',
     'ResolutionModel', 'MiriResolutionModel',
     'RSCDModel', 'SaturationModel', 'SlitDataModel', 'SlitModel', 'SpecModel',
-    'SegmentationMapModel', 'SourceModelContainer',
+    'SegmentationMapModel',
     'SpecKernelModel',
     'SpecProfileModel', 'SpecProfileSingleModel',
     'SpecTraceModel', 'SpecTraceSingleModel',

diff --git a/src/stdatamodels/jwst/datamodels/util.py b/src/stdatamodels/jwst/datamodels/util.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Various utility functions and data types
 """
 
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 import sys
 import warnings
 from os.path import basename
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ def open(init=None, guess=True, memmap=False, **kwargs):
     elif isinstance(init, fits.HDUList):
         hdulist = init
 
-    elif is_association(init) or isinstance(init, list):
+    elif is_association(init) or isinstance(init, Sequence):
         try:
             from jwst.datamodels import ModelContainer
         except ImportError as err: