Fix: StringLookup returns torch native types for torch backend

keras/src/layers/preprocessing/string_lookup.py

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 from keras.src.utils import backend_utils
 from keras.src.utils.module_utils import tensorflow as tf
 
+if backend.backend() == "torch":
+    import torch
+
 
 @keras_export("keras.layers.StringLookup")
 class StringLookup(IndexLookup):
@@ -382,13 +385,39 @@ def get_config(self):
         return {**base_config, **config}
 
     def call(self, inputs):
-        if isinstance(inputs, (tf.Tensor, tf.RaggedTensor, tf.SparseTensor)):
-            tf_inputs = True
-        else:
-            tf_inputs = False
-            if not isinstance(inputs, (np.ndarray, list, tuple)):
-                inputs = tf.convert_to_tensor(backend.convert_to_numpy(inputs))
-        outputs = super().call(inputs)
-        if not tf_inputs:
-            outputs = backend_utils.convert_tf_tensor(outputs)
-        return outputs
+        is_torch_backend = backend.backend() == "torch"
+
+        # Handle input conversion
+        inputs_for_processing = inputs
+        was_tf_input = isinstance(
+            inputs, (tf.Tensor, tf.RaggedTensor, tf.SparseTensor)
+        )
+
+        if is_torch_backend and isinstance(inputs, torch.Tensor):
+            inputs_for_processing = tf.convert_to_tensor(
+                inputs.detach().cpu().numpy()
+            )
+        elif isinstance(inputs, (np.ndarray, list, tuple)):
+            inputs_for_processing = tf.convert_to_tensor(inputs)
+        elif not was_tf_input:
+            inputs_for_processing = tf.convert_to_tensor(
+                backend.convert_to_numpy(inputs)
+            )
+
+        output = super().call(inputs_for_processing)
+
+        # Handle torch backend output conversion
+        if is_torch_backend and isinstance(
+            inputs, (torch.Tensor, np.ndarray, list, tuple)
+        ):
+            numpy_outputs = output.numpy()
+            if self.invert:
+                return [n.decode(self.encoding) for n in numpy_outputs]
+            else:
+                return torch.from_numpy(numpy_outputs)
+
+        # other backends
+        if not was_tf_input:
+            output = backend_utils.convert_tf_tensor(output)
+
+        return output

keras/src/layers/preprocessing/string_lookup_test.py

@@ -89,3 +89,33 @@ def test_tensor_as_vocab(self):
         )
         output = layer(data)
         self.assertAllClose(output, np.array([[1, 3, 4], [4, 0, 2]]))
+
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(backend.backend() != "torch", reason="Only torch")
+    def test_torch_backend_compatibility(self):
+        import torch
+
+        # Forward lookup: String -> number
+        forward_lookup = layers.StringLookup(
+            vocabulary=["a", "b", "c"], oov_token="[OOV]"
+        )
+        input_data_str = ["a", "b", "[OOV]", "d"]
+        output_numeric = forward_lookup(input_data_str)
+
+        # assert instance of output is torch.Tensor
+        self.assertIsInstance(output_numeric, torch.Tensor)
+        expected_numeric = torch.tensor([1, 2, 0, 0])
+        self.assertAllClose(output_numeric.cpu(), expected_numeric)
+
+        oov = "[OOV]"
+        # Inverse lookup: Number -> string
+        inverse_lookup = layers.StringLookup(
+            vocabulary=["a", "b", "c"], oov_token=oov, invert=True
+        )
+        input_data_int = torch.tensor([1, 2, 0], dtype=torch.int64)
+        output_string = inverse_lookup(input_data_int)
+        # Assert that the output is a list
+        # See : https://docs.pytorch.org/text/stable/_modules/torchtext/vocab/vocab.html#Vocab.lookup_tokens
+        # The torch equivalent implementation of this returns a list of strings
+        self.assertIsInstance(output_string, list)
+        expected_string = ["a", "b", "[OOV]"]
+        self.assertEqual(output_string, expected_string)