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is_mocked()

DLT module mock flag. If True, native Databricks DLT functions are mocked to allow debugging by running a pipeline notebook against an arbitrary cluster even when the native DLT module is not available.

DLT is mocked in the following situations:

  • notebook ran outside a DLT pipeline and DBR < 13
  • notebook ran outside a DLT pipeline and DBR >= 13 with shared access mode cluster
RETURNS DESCRIPTION
bool

Mocked flag
Source code in laktory/dlt/__init__.py 
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def is_mocked() -> bool:
    """
    DLT module mock flag. If `True`, native Databricks DLT functions are mocked
    to allow debugging by running a pipeline notebook against an arbitrary
    cluster even when the native DLT module is not available.

    DLT is mocked in the following situations:

    * notebook ran outside a DLT pipeline and DBR < 13
    * notebook ran outside a DLT pipeline and DBR >= 13 with shared access
    mode cluster

    Returns
    -------
    :
        Mocked flag
    """
    try:
        import dlt

        return False
    except Exception:
        return True