Select all Features of a Feature Group except few (#207)

java/src/main/java/com/logicalclocks/hsfs/metadata/FeatureGroupBase.java

@@ -75,21 +75,31 @@ public FeatureGroupBase(FeatureStore featureStore, Integer id) {
     this.id = id;
   }
 
-  public Query selectFeatures(List<Feature> features) throws FeatureStoreException, IOException {
+  public Query selectFeatures(List<Feature> features) {
     return new Query(this, features);
   }
 
-  public Query select(List<String> features) throws FeatureStoreException, IOException {
+  public Query select(List<String> features) {
     // Create a feature object for each string feature given by the user.
     // For the query building each feature need only the name set.
     List<Feature> featureObjList = features.stream().map(Feature::new).collect(Collectors.toList());
     return selectFeatures(featureObjList);
   }
 
-  public Query selectAll() throws FeatureStoreException, IOException {
+  public Query selectAll() {
     return new Query(this, getFeatures());
   }
 
+  public Query selectExceptFeatures(List<Feature> features) {
+    List<String> exceptFeatures = features.stream().map(Feature::getName).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    return selectExcept(exceptFeatures);
+  }
+
+  public Query selectExcept(List<String> features) {
+    return new Query(this,
+        getFeatures().stream().filter(f -> !features.contains(f.getName())).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+  }
+
   public void delete() throws FeatureStoreException, IOException {
     featureGroupBaseEngine.delete(this);
   }

python/hsfs/feature_group.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def select_all(self):
             self._feature_store_name, self._feature_store_id, self, self._features
         )
 
-    def select(self, features=[]):
+    def select(self, features: List[Union[str, feature.Feature]] = []):
         """Select a subset of features of the feature group and return a query object.
 
         The query can be used to construct joins of feature groups or create a training
@@ -82,6 +82,33 @@ def select(self, features=[]):
             self._feature_store_name, self._feature_store_id, self, features
         )
 
+    def select_except(self, features: List[Union[str, feature.Feature]] = []):
+        """Select all features of the feature group except a few and return a query
+        object.
+
+        The query can be used to construct joins of feature groups or create a training
+        dataset with a subset of features of the feature group.
+
+        # Arguments
+            features: list, optional. A list of `Feature` objects or feature names as
+                strings to be selected, defaults to [], selecting all features.
+
+        # Returns
+            `Query`: A query object with the selected features of the feature group.
+        """
+        if features:
+            except_features = [
+                f.name if isinstance(f, feature.Feature) else f for f in features
+            ]
+            return query.Query(
+                self._feature_store_name,
+                self._feature_store_id,
+                self,
+                [f for f in self._features if f.name not in except_features],
+            )
+        else:
+            return self.select_all()
+
     def filter(self, f: Union[filter.Filter, filter.Logic]):
         """Apply filter to the feature group.