get_object_by_path_parts and get_object_attr_from_path do not catch exceptions any more

src/pydase/utils/helpers.py

@@ -122,16 +122,20 @@ def get_class_and_instance_attributes(obj: object) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def get_object_by_path_parts(target_obj: Any, path_parts: list[str]) -> Any:
+    """Gets nested attribute of `target_object` specified by `path_parts`.
+
+    Raises:
+        AttributeError: Attribute does not exist.
+        KeyError: Key in dict does not exist.
+        IndexError: Index out of list range.
+        TypeError: List index in the path is not a valid integer.
+    """
     for part in path_parts:
         if part.startswith("["):
             deserialized_part = parse_serialized_key(part)
             target_obj = target_obj[deserialized_part]
         else:
-            try:
             target_obj = getattr(target_obj, part)
-            except AttributeError:
-                logger.debug("Attribute %a does not exist in the object.", part)
-                return None
     return target_obj
 
 
@@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ def get_object_attr_from_path(target_obj: Any, path: str) -> Any:
         the path does not exist, the function logs a debug message and returns None.
 
     Raises:
-        ValueError: If a list index in the path is not a valid integer.
+        AttributeError: Attribute does not exist.
+        KeyError: Key in dict does not exist.
+        IndexError: Index out of list range.
+        TypeError: List index in the path is not a valid integer.
     """
     path_parts = parse_full_access_path(path)
     return get_object_by_path_parts(target_obj, path_parts)

tests/utils/test_helpers.py

@@ -103,9 +103,21 @@ def test_get_object_by_path_parts(path_parts: list[str], expected: Any) -> None:
     assert get_object_by_path_parts(service_instance, path_parts) == expected
 
 
-def test_get_object_by_path_parts_error(caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
-    assert get_object_by_path_parts(service_instance, ["non_existent_attr"]) is None
-    assert "Attribute 'non_existent_attr' does not exist in the object." in caplog.text
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path_parts, expected_exception",
+    [
+        (["non_existent_attr"], AttributeError),
+        (["dict_attr", '["non_existent_key"]'], KeyError),
+        (["list_attr", "[2]"], IndexError),
+        (["list_attr", "[1.0]"], TypeError),
+        (["list_attr", '["string_key"]'], TypeError),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_object_by_path_parts_exception(
+    path_parts: list[str], expected_exception: type[Exception]
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(expected_exception):
+        get_object_by_path_parts(service_instance, path_parts)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(