From 89cc496009a4662946a33f9893a9b16b6e35da92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julia Dark <julia@tiledb.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:31:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add back deprecated function `tiledbsoma_build_index`

---
 apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/__init__.py |  2 +-
 apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_indexer.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/__init__.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/__init__.py
index 6e11dea753..d50bb9b792 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/__init__.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/__init__.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     get_storage_engine,
     show_package_versions,
 )
-from ._indexer import IntIndexer
+from ._indexer import IntIndexer, tiledbsoma_build_index
 from ._measurement import Measurement
 from ._sparse_nd_array import SparseNDArray
 from .options import SOMATileDBContext, TileDBCreateOptions
diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_indexer.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_indexer.py
index f2e904d999..fdc8d63e95 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_indexer.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/_indexer.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import numpy.typing as npt
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
+from somacore.query.types import IndexLike
 
 from tiledbsoma import pytiledbsoma as clib
 
@@ -23,6 +24,26 @@
 ]
 
 
+def tiledbsoma_build_index(
+    data: IndexerDataType, *, context: Optional["SOMATileDBContext"] = None
+) -> IndexLike:
+    """Initialize re-indexer for provided indices.
+
+    Deprecated. Provides the same functionality as the``IntIndexer`` class.
+
+    Args:
+       data:
+           Integer keys used to build the index (hash) table.
+       context:
+           ``SOMATileDBContext`` object containing concurrecy level.
+
+    Lifecycle:
+        Deprecated.
+    """
+
+    return IntIndexer(data, context=context)
+
+
 class IntIndexer:
     """A re-indexer for unique integer indices.
 
@@ -33,7 +54,7 @@ class IntIndexer:
     def __init__(
         self, data: IndexerDataType, *, context: Optional["SOMATileDBContext"] = None
     ):
-        """Initialize re-indexer for provied indices.
+        """Initialize re-indexer for provided indices.
 
         Args:
            data: