Fix circular import by moving strtobool to standalone module

Co-authored-by: bhashemian <3968947+bhashemian@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

monailabel/config.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
 
-from monailabel.utils.others.generic import strtobool
+from monailabel.utils.others.strtobool import strtobool
 
 
 def is_package_installed(name):

monailabel/utils/others/class_utils.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from monailabel.interfaces.exception import MONAILabelError, MONAILabelException
-from monailabel.utils.others.generic import strtobool
+from monailabel.utils.others.strtobool import strtobool
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 

monailabel/utils/others/generic.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 from monailabel.config import settings
 from monailabel.utils.others.modelzoo_list import MAINTAINED_BUNDLES
+from monailabel.utils.others.strtobool import strtobool  # noqa: F401
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -240,29 +241,6 @@ def _list_files(d, ext):
     ]
 
 
-def strtobool(s):
-    """Convert a string representation of truth to true or false.
-
-    True values are 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', and '1'; false values
-    are 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', and '0'.  Returns the input if
-    already a bool. Returns False if None.
-    """
-    if s is None:
-        return False
-    if isinstance(s, bool):
-        return s
-    if not isinstance(s, str):
-        raise TypeError(f"strtobool expects a string or bool, got {type(s).__name__}: {s!r}")
-
-    val = s.lower()
-    if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
-        return True
-    elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
-        return False
-    else:
-        raise ValueError(f"invalid truth value {s!r}")
-
-
 def is_openslide_supported(name):
     ext = file_ext(name)
     supported_ext = (".bif", ".mrxs", ".ndpi", ".scn", ".svs", ".svslide", ".tif", ".tiff", ".vms", ".vmu")

monailabel/utils/others/strtobool.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright (c) MONAI Consortium
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Standalone utility function for string to boolean conversion.
+
+This module exists separately to avoid circular import dependencies.
+"""
+
+
+def strtobool(s):
+    """Convert a string representation of truth to true or false.
+
+    True values are 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', and '1'; false values
+    are 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', and '0'.  Returns the input if
+    already a bool. Returns False if None.
+    """
+    if s is None:
+        return False
+    if isinstance(s, bool):
+        return s
+    if not isinstance(s, str):
+        raise TypeError(f"strtobool expects a string or bool, got {type(s).__name__}: {s!r}")
+
+    val = s.lower()
+    if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
+        return True
+    elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
+        return False
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"invalid truth value {s!r}")