add toml flag

cmd/pythonBuild.go

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func runPythonBuild(config *pythonBuildOptions, telemetryData *telemetry.CustomD
 	//TODO: use a defer func to cleanup the virtual environment
 
 	// FEATURE FLAG (com_sap_piper_featureFlag_pythonToml) to switch to new implementation of python build step
-	if feature.IsFeatureEnabled("pythonToml") {
+	if config.UseTomlFile || feature.IsFeatureEnabled("pythonToml") {
 		// check project descriptor
 		buildDescriptorFilePath, err := searchDescriptor([]string{"pyproject.toml", "setup.py"}, utils.FileExists)
 		if err != nil {

cmd/pythonBuild_generated.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type pythonBuildOptions struct {
 	BuildSettingsInfo        string   `json:"buildSettingsInfo,omitempty"`
 	VirutalEnvironmentName   string   `json:"virutalEnvironmentName,omitempty"`
 	RequirementsFilePath     string   `json:"requirementsFilePath,omitempty"`
+	UseTomlFile              bool     `json:"useTomlFile,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type pythonBuildCommonPipelineEnvironment struct {
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ func addPythonBuildFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, stepConfig *pythonBuildOptions) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.BuildSettingsInfo, "buildSettingsInfo", os.Getenv("PIPER_buildSettingsInfo"), "build settings info is typically filled by the step automatically to create information about the build settings that were used during the maven build . This information is typically used for compliance related processes.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.VirutalEnvironmentName, "virutalEnvironmentName", `piperBuild-env`, "name of the virtual environment that will be used for the build")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.RequirementsFilePath, "requirementsFilePath", `requirements.txt`, "file path to the requirements.txt file needed for the sbom cycloneDx file creation.")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&stepConfig.UseTomlFile, "useTomlFile", false, "Determines if a pyproject.toml file should be used for dependency management.")
 
 }
 
@@ -327,6 +329,15 @@ func pythonBuildMetadata() config.StepData {
 						Aliases:     []config.Alias{},
 						Default:     `requirements.txt`,
 					},
+					{
+						Name:        "useTomlFile",
+						ResourceRef: []config.ResourceReference{},
+						Scope:       []string{"STEPS", "STAGES", "PARAMETERS"},
+						Type:        "bool",
+						Mandatory:   false,
+						Aliases:     []config.Alias{},
+						Default:     false,
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			Containers: []config.Container{

resources/metadata/pythonBuild.yaml

@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ spec:
           - STAGES
           - PARAMETERS
         default: requirements.txt
+      - name: useTomlFile
+        type: bool
+        default: false
+        description: Determines if a pyproject.toml file should be used for dependency management.
+        scope:
+          - STEPS
+          - STAGES
+          - PARAMETERS
   outputs:
     resources:
       - name: commonPipelineEnvironment