Switch to using BaseSolver (#193)

* switched to using BaseSolver

* updated setup.py

* updated init

* added checkDefaultOptions

* fixed default option type

* updated default SNOPT options

* renamed def_options

* more overhaul of pySNOPT

* removed very old numpy warning

* added back on set/get options since those are mandatory

* updated init API

* made IPOPT also not use default options list

* bump baseclasses version

* renamed optimizer pages due to sphinx being weird

* added autodoc mock import for baseclasses

* updated capitalization in SNOPT

* fixed bug in ALPSO

* updated _on_setOption etc.

* updated SNOPT doc

* bump baseclasses version

* version bump

* addressed comments

Author: ewu63

doc/conf.py

@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 # extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom
 # ones.
 extensions.extend(["numpydoc", "ext.optimizertable"])
+
+# mock import for autodoc
+autodoc_mock_imports = ["baseclasses"]

doc/index.rst

@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ To get started, please see the :ref:`install` and the :ref:`quickstart`.
    :caption: Optimizers
    :hidden:
 
-   optimizers/pysnopt
-   optimizers/pyipopt
-   optimizers/pyslsqp
-   optimizers/pynlpqlp
-   optimizers/pynsga2
-   optimizers/pypsqp
-   optimizers/pyparopt
-   optimizers/pyconmin
-   optimizers/pyalpso
+   optimizers/SNOPT
+   optimizers/IPOPT
+   optimizers/SLSQP
+   optimizers/NLPQLP
+   optimizers/NSGA2
+   optimizers/PSQP
+   optimizers/ParOpt
+   optimizers/CONMIN
+   optimizers/ALPSO

doc/optimizers/pyalpso.rst renamed to doc/optimizers/ALPSO.rst

@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ Here we explain a basic setup using MUMPS as the linear solver, together with ME
 
 Options
 -------
+Please refer to the `IPOPT website <https://coin-or.github.io/Ipopt/OPTIONS.html>`__ for complete listing of options.
+The following are the options which are set by default within pyOptSparse.
+All other options take the default value with IPOPT unless specified by the user.
+
 .. optimizertable:: pyoptsparse.pyIPOPT.pyIPOPT.IPOPT
    :type: options