add subscription deduplication (#594)

* add subscription deduplication

* format

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Co-authored-by: Mohammad Mazraeh <mmazraeh@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Ryan Sweet <rysweet@microsoft.com>

python/packages/autogen-core/samples/patterns/group_chat.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from autogen_core.application import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime
 from autogen_core.base import AgentId, AgentInstantiationContext
 from autogen_core.components import DefaultTopicId, RoutedAgent, message_handler
-from autogen_core.components._default_subscription import DefaultSubscription
+from autogen_core.components import DefaultSubscription
 from autogen_core.components.models import (
     AssistantMessage,
     ChatCompletionClient,

python/packages/autogen-core/src/autogen_core/application/_helpers.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
     async def add_subscription(self, subscription: Subscription) -> None:
         # Check if the subscription already exists
-        if any(sub.id == subscription.id for sub in self._subscriptions):
+        if any(sub == subscription for sub in self._subscriptions):
             raise ValueError("Subscription already exists")
 
         self._subscriptions.append(subscription)

python/packages/autogen-core/src/autogen_core/components/_type_subscription.py

@@ -52,5 +52,11 @@ def map_to_agent(self, topic_id: TopicId) -> AgentId:
 
         return AgentId(type=self._agent_type, key=topic_id.source)
 
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        if not isinstance(other, TypeSubscription):
+            return False
+
+        return self.id == other.id or (self.agent_type == other.agent_type and self.topic_type == other.topic_type)
+
 
 BaseAgentType = TypeVar("BaseAgentType", bound="BaseAgent")

python/packages/autogen-core/tests/test_closure_agent.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from autogen_core.application import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime
 from autogen_core.base import AgentId, AgentRuntime, MessageContext
 from autogen_core.components import ClosureAgent
-from autogen_core.components._default_subscription import DefaultSubscription
+from autogen_core.components import DefaultSubscription
 from autogen_core.components._default_topic import DefaultTopicId
 
 

python/packages/autogen-core/tests/test_subscription.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from autogen_core.base import AgentId, TopicId
 from autogen_core.base.exceptions import CantHandleException
 from autogen_core.components import DefaultTopicId, TypeSubscription
+from autogen_core.components import DefaultSubscription
 from test_utils import LoopbackAgent, MessageType
 
 
@@ -96,3 +97,22 @@ async def test_skipped_class_subscriptions() -> None:
         AgentId("MyAgent", key="default"), type=LoopbackAgent
     )
     assert agent_instance.num_calls == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_subscription_deduplication() -> None:
+    runtime = SingleThreadedAgentRuntime()
+    agent_type = "MyAgent"
+
+    # Test TypeSubscription
+    type_subscription_1 = TypeSubscription("default", agent_type)
+    type_subscription_2 = TypeSubscription("default", agent_type)
+
+    await runtime.add_subscription(type_subscription_1)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Subscription already exists"):
+        await runtime.add_subscription(type_subscription_2)
+
+    # Test DefaultSubscription
+    default_subscription = DefaultSubscription(agent_type=agent_type)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Subscription already exists"):
+        await runtime.add_subscription(default_subscription)