scikit-learn · adrinjalali · Feb 13, 2024 · Jan 18, 2024 · Feb 1, 2024 · Feb 2, 2024
diff --git a/doc/whats_new/v1.5.rst b/doc/whats_new/v1.5.rst
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ Changelog
   the `check` function as the cause of the `AttributeError`. :pr:`28198` by
   `Thomas Fan`_.
 
+Multiple modules
+................
+- |Fix| When users try to use a method in :class:`~ensemble.StackingClassifier`,
+  :class:`~ensemble.StackingClassifier`, :class:`~ensemble.StackingClassifier`,
+  :class:`~feature_selection.SelectFromModel`, :class:`~feature_selection.RFE`,
+  :class:`~semi_supervised.SelfTrainingClassifier`,
+  :class:`~multiclass.OneVsOneClassifier`, :class:`~multiclass.OutputCodeClassifier` or
+  :class:`~multiclass.OneVsRestClassifier` that their sub-estimators don't implement,
+  the `AttributeError` now reraises in the Traceback. :pr:`28167` by :user:`Stefanie
+  Senger <StefanieSenger>`.
+
 .. rubric:: Code and documentation contributors
 
 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the maintenance and improvement of

diff --git a/sklearn/ensemble/_stacking.py b/sklearn/ensemble/_stacking.py
@@ -45,14 +45,20 @@
 def _estimator_has(attr):
     """Check if we can delegate a method to the underlying estimator.
 
-    First, we check the first fitted final estimator if available, otherwise we
-    check the unfitted final estimator.
+    First, we check the fitted `final_estimator_` if available, otherwise we check the
+    unfitted `final_estimator`. We raise the original `AttributeError` if `attr` does
+    not exist. This function is used together with `available_if`.
     """
-    return lambda self: (
-        hasattr(self.final_estimator_, attr)
-        if hasattr(self, "final_estimator_")
-        else hasattr(self.final_estimator, attr)
-    )
+
+    def check(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "final_estimator_"):
+            getattr(self.final_estimator_, attr)
+        else:
+            getattr(self.final_estimator, attr)
+
+        return True
+
+    return check
 
 
 class _BaseStacking(TransformerMixin, _BaseHeterogeneousEnsemble, metaclass=ABCMeta):

diff --git a/sklearn/ensemble/tests/test_stacking.py b/sklearn/ensemble/tests/test_stacking.py
@@ -859,3 +859,32 @@ def test_stacking_classifier_base_regressor():
     clf.predict(X_test)
     clf.predict_proba(X_test)
     assert clf.score(X_test, y_test) > 0.8
+
+
+def test_stacking_final_estimator_attribute_error():
+    """Check that we raise the proper AttributeError when the final estimator
+    does not implement the `decision_function` method, which is decorated with
+    `available_if`.
+
+    Non-regression test for:
+    https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/28108
+    """
+    X, y = make_classification(random_state=42)
+
+    estimators = [
+        ("lr", LogisticRegression()),
+        ("rf", RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=2, random_state=42)),
+    ]
+    # RandomForestClassifier does not implement 'decision_function' and should raise
+    # an AttributeError
+    final_estimator = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=2, random_state=42)
+    clf = StackingClassifier(
+        estimators=estimators, final_estimator=final_estimator, cv=3
+    )
+
+    outer_msg = "This 'StackingClassifier' has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    inner_msg = "'RandomForestClassifier' object has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=outer_msg) as exec_info:
+        clf.fit(X, y).decision_function(X)
+    assert isinstance(exec_info.value.__cause__, AttributeError)
+    assert inner_msg in str(exec_info.value.__cause__)
diff --git a/sklearn/feature_selection/_from_model.py b/sklearn/feature_selection/_from_model.py
@@ -74,14 +74,20 @@ def _calculate_threshold(estimator, importances, threshold):
 def _estimator_has(attr):
     """Check if we can delegate a method to the underlying estimator.
 
-    First, we check the fitted estimator if available, otherwise we
-    check the unfitted estimator.
+    First, we check the fitted `estimator_` if available, otherwise we check the
+    unfitted `estimator`. We raise the original `AttributeError` if `attr` does
+    not exist. This function is used together with `available_if`.
     """
-    return lambda self: (
-        hasattr(self.estimator_, attr)
-        if hasattr(self, "estimator_")
-        else hasattr(self.estimator, attr)
-    )
+
+    def check(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "estimator_"):
+            getattr(self.estimator_, attr)
+        else:
+            getattr(self.estimator, attr)
+
+        return True
+
+    return check
 
 
 class SelectFromModel(MetaEstimatorMixin, SelectorMixin, BaseEstimator):

diff --git a/sklearn/feature_selection/_rfe.py b/sklearn/feature_selection/_rfe.py
@@ -49,14 +49,20 @@ def _rfe_single_fit(rfe, estimator, X, y, train, test, scorer):
 def _estimator_has(attr):
     """Check if we can delegate a method to the underlying estimator.
 
-    First, we check the first fitted estimator if available, otherwise we
-    check the unfitted estimator.
+    First, we check the fitted `estimator_` if available, otherwise we check the
+    unfitted `estimator`. We raise the original `AttributeError` if `attr` does
+    not exist. This function is used together with `available_if`.
     """
-    return lambda self: (
-        hasattr(self.estimator_, attr)
-        if hasattr(self, "estimator_")
-        else hasattr(self.estimator, attr)
-    )
+
+    def check(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "estimator_"):
+            getattr(self.estimator_, attr)
+        else:
+            getattr(self.estimator, attr)
+
+        return True
+
+    return check
 
 
 class RFE(_RoutingNotSupportedMixin, SelectorMixin, MetaEstimatorMixin, BaseEstimator):

diff --git a/sklearn/feature_selection/tests/test_from_model.py b/sklearn/feature_selection/tests/test_from_model.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     ElasticNetCV,
     Lasso,
     LassoCV,
+    LinearRegression,
     LogisticRegression,
     PassiveAggressiveClassifier,
     SGDClassifier,
@@ -661,3 +662,23 @@ def test_partial_fit_validate_feature_names(as_frame):
         assert_array_equal(selector.feature_names_in_, X.columns)
     else:
         assert not hasattr(selector, "feature_names_in_")
+
+
+def test_from_model_estimator_attribute_error():
+    """Check that we raise the proper AttributeError when the estimator
+    does not implement the `partial_fit` method, which is decorated with
+    `available_if`.
+
+    Non-regression test for:
+    https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/28108
+    """
+    # `LinearRegression` does not implement 'partial_fit' and should raise an
+    # AttributeError
+    from_model = SelectFromModel(estimator=LinearRegression())
+
+    outer_msg = "This 'SelectFromModel' has no attribute 'partial_fit'"
+    inner_msg = "'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'partial_fit'"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=outer_msg) as exec_info:
+        from_model.fit(data, y).partial_fit(data)
+    assert isinstance(exec_info.value.__cause__, AttributeError)
+    assert inner_msg in str(exec_info.value.__cause__)
diff --git a/sklearn/feature_selection/tests/test_rfe.py b/sklearn/feature_selection/tests/test_rfe.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
 from sklearn.feature_selection import RFE, RFECV
 from sklearn.impute import SimpleImputer
-from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
+from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression, LogisticRegression
 from sklearn.metrics import get_scorer, make_scorer, zero_one_loss
 from sklearn.model_selection import GroupKFold, cross_val_score
 from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
@@ -591,3 +591,25 @@ def test_rfe_pls(ClsRFE, PLSEstimator):
     estimator = PLSEstimator(n_components=1)
     selector = ClsRFE(estimator, step=1).fit(X, y)
     assert selector.score(X, y) > 0.5
+
+
+def test_rfe_estimator_attribute_error():
+    """Check that we raise the proper AttributeError when the estimator
+    does not implement the `decision_function` method, which is decorated with
+    `available_if`.
+
+    Non-regression test for:
+    https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/28108
+    """
+    iris = load_iris()
+
+    # `LinearRegression` does not implement 'decision_function' and should raise an
+    # AttributeError
+    rfe = RFE(estimator=LinearRegression())
+
+    outer_msg = "This 'RFE' has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    inner_msg = "'LinearRegression' object has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=outer_msg) as exec_info:
+        rfe.fit(iris.data, iris.target).decision_function(iris.data)
+    assert isinstance(exec_info.value.__cause__, AttributeError)
+    assert inner_msg in str(exec_info.value.__cause__)
diff --git a/sklearn/multiclass.py b/sklearn/multiclass.py
@@ -181,12 +181,19 @@ def _estimators_has(attr):
     """Check if self.estimator or self.estimators_[0] has attr.
 
     If `self.estimators_[0]` has the attr, then its safe to assume that other
-    values has it too. This function is used together with `avaliable_if`.
+    estimators have it too. We raise the original `AttributeError` if `attr`
+    does not exist. This function is used together with `available_if`.
     """
-    return lambda self: (
-        hasattr(self.estimator, attr)
-        or (hasattr(self, "estimators_") and hasattr(self.estimators_[0], attr))
-    )
+
+    def check(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "estimators_"):
+            getattr(self.estimators_[0], attr)
+        else:
+            getattr(self.estimator, attr)
+
+        return True
+
+    return check
 
 
 class OneVsRestClassifier(
@@ -434,12 +441,6 @@ def partial_fit(self, X, y, classes=None, **partial_fit_params):
         )
 
         if _check_partial_fit_first_call(self, classes):
-            if not hasattr(self.estimator, "partial_fit"):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    ("Base estimator {0}, doesn't have partial_fit method").format(
-                        self.estimator
-                    )
-                )
             self.estimators_ = [clone(self.estimator) for _ in range(self.n_classes_)]
 
             # A sparse LabelBinarizer, with sparse_output=True, has been

diff --git a/sklearn/semi_supervised/_self_training.py b/sklearn/semi_supervised/_self_training.py
@@ -18,12 +18,22 @@
 
 
 def _estimator_has(attr):
-    """Check if `self.base_estimator_ `or `self.base_estimator_` has `attr`."""
-    return lambda self: (
-        hasattr(self.base_estimator_, attr)
-        if hasattr(self, "base_estimator_")
-        else hasattr(self.base_estimator, attr)
-    )
+    """Check if we can delegate a method to the underlying estimator.
+
+    First, we check the fitted `base_estimator_` if available, otherwise we check
+    the unfitted `base_estimator`. We raise the original `AttributeError` if
+    `attr` does not exist. This function is used together with `available_if`.
+    """
+
+    def check(self):
+        if hasattr(self, "base_estimator_"):
+            getattr(self.base_estimator_, attr)
+        else:
+            getattr(self.base_estimator, attr)
+
+        return True
+
+    return check
 
 
 class SelfTrainingClassifier(

diff --git a/sklearn/semi_supervised/tests/test_self_training.py b/sklearn/semi_supervised/tests/test_self_training.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier
 from sklearn.semi_supervised import SelfTrainingClassifier
 from sklearn.svm import SVC
+from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier
 
 # Author: Oliver Rausch <rauscho@ethz.ch>
 # License: BSD 3 clause
@@ -315,10 +316,30 @@ def test_base_estimator_meta_estimator():
         clf.fit(X_train, y_train_missing_labels)
 
 
-def test_missing_predict_proba():
-    # Check that an error is thrown if predict_proba is not implemented
+def test_self_training_estimator_attribute_error():
+    """Check that we raise the proper AttributeErrors when the `base_estimator`
+    does not implement the `predict_proba` method, which is called from within
+    `fit`, or `decision_function`, which is decorated with `available_if`.
+
+    Non-regression test for:
+    https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/28108
+    """
+    # `SVC` with `probability=False` does not implement 'predict_proba' that
+    # is required internally in `fit` of `SelfTrainingClassifier`. We expect
+    # an AttributeError to be raised.
     base_estimator = SVC(probability=False, gamma="scale")
     self_training = SelfTrainingClassifier(base_estimator)
 
     with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="has no attribute 'predict_proba'"):
         self_training.fit(X_train, y_train_missing_labels)
+
+    # `DecisionTreeClassifier` does not implement 'decision_function' and
+    # should raise an AttributeError
+    self_training = SelfTrainingClassifier(base_estimator=DecisionTreeClassifier())
+
+    outer_msg = "This 'SelfTrainingClassifier' has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    inner_msg = "'DecisionTreeClassifier' object has no attribute 'decision_function'"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=outer_msg) as exec_info:
+        self_training.fit(X_train, y_train_missing_labels).decision_function(X_train)
+    assert isinstance(exec_info.value.__cause__, AttributeError)
+    assert inner_msg in str(exec_info.value.__cause__)
diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_multiclass.py b/sklearn/tests/test_multiclass.py
@@ -926,3 +926,25 @@ def test_ovo_consistent_binary_classification():
     ovo.fit(X, y)
 
     assert_array_equal(clf.predict(X), ovo.predict(X))
+
+
+def test_multiclass_estimator_attribute_error():
+    """Check that we raise the proper AttributeError when the final estimator
+    does not implement the `partial_fit` method, which is decorated with
+    `available_if`.
+
+    Non-regression test for:
+    https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/28108
+    """
+    iris = datasets.load_iris()
+
+    # LogisticRegression does not implement 'partial_fit' and should raise an
+    # AttributeError
+    clf = OneVsRestClassifier(estimator=LogisticRegression(random_state=42))
+
+    outer_msg = "This 'OneVsRestClassifier' has no attribute 'partial_fit'"
+    inner_msg = "'LogisticRegression' object has no attribute 'partial_fit'"
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match=outer_msg) as exec_info:
+        clf.partial_fit(iris.data, iris.target)
+    assert isinstance(exec_info.value.__cause__, AttributeError)
+    assert inner_msg in str(exec_info.value.__cause__)