niswitch.Session doesn't support specifying an options dictionary or driver setup string

[bkeryan]

Description of issue

niswitch.Session doesn't support specifying an options dictionary like the other drivers. Instead, it has parameters for simulate and topology.

Impact:

• Enabling session-based simulation requires different code than for the other drivers. (Note: if it supported options, you would still have to specify the topology key instead of the model key.)
• Specifying options other than simulate or driver setup keys other than topology is unsupported.

System report

python -c "import niswitch; niswitch.print_diagnostic_information()" output

OS:
    Name:      Windows
    Version:   10.0.19045
    Bits:      64
Driver:
    Name:      NI-SWITCH
    Version:   22.8.0.49295
Module:
    Name:      niswitch
    Version:   1.4.4
Python:
    Version:   3.9.13 (tags/v3.9.13:6de2ca5, May 17 2022, 16:36:42) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]
    Bits:      64
    Is_Venv:   True
    Installed Packages:
        click==8.1.3
        colorama==0.4.6
        grpcio==1.54.0
        hightime==0.2.1
        mypy==1.2.0
        mypy-extensions==1.0.0
        ni-measurementlink-service==1.0.1
        niswitch==1.4.4
        pip==23.0.1
        protobuf==4.22.3
        pywin32==303
        setuptools==67.6.1
        tomli==2.0.1
        typing-extensions==4.5.0
        wheel==0.40.0

Steps to reproduce issue

>>> import niswitch
>>> session = niswitch.Session(resource_name="", options={"simulate": True, "driver_setup": {"topology": "2567/Independent"}})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'options'

[ni-jfitzger]

This issue isn't unique to the Python API.

[bkeryan]

@ni-jfitzger Are you referring to the .NET API? C and LV have niSwitch_InitWithOptions which supports specifying the topology as well as other options.

[ni-jfitzger]

Sorry, I meant this part, specifically, is not unique to the Python API.

Note: if it supported options, you would still have to specify the topology key instead of the model key.)