PaddleAPI.h

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#pragma once

#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include "paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/GradientMachine.h"
#include "paddle/utils/Common.h"
#include "paddle/utils/GlobalConstants.h"

/// Import PaddlePaddle's enumeration into global namespace.
using namespace paddle::enumeration_wrapper;  // NOLINT

/**
 * @brief Initialize paddle.
 *
 * In python, this method should be invoked as
 * @code
 *  import sys
 *  import paddle
 *  paddle.initPaddle(sys.argv)
 *  or you can change arguments as any list of str.
 * @endcode
 */
void initPaddle(int argc, char** argv);

/// Return FLAGS_use_gpu
bool isUsingGpu();

/// Set the Flags_use_gpu to the given parameter
void setUseGpu(bool useGpu);

/// Return true if this py_paddle is compiled in GPU Version
bool isGpuVersion();

/// Return FLAGS_trainer_count
int getTrainerCount();

/// The Error of IO Operation. Such as file not found, etc.
class IOError {};

/// Out of range error
class RangeError {};

/// Not support Error, such as access GPU memory directly, etc.
class UnsupportError : public std::runtime_error {
public:
  UnsupportError() : std::runtime_error(" "){};
  UnsupportError(const std::string& message) : std::runtime_error(message){};
};

/// This type will map to python's list of float.
struct FloatArray {
  const float* buf;
  const size_t length;
  bool needFree;  // true if the buf is dynamic alloced.
  FloatArray(const float* b, const size_t l);
};

/// This type will map to python's list of int
struct IntArray {
  const int* buf;
  const size_t length;
  bool needFree;
  IntArray(const int* b, const size_t l, bool f = false);
};

/// This type will map to python's list of (int, float)
struct IntWithFloatArray {
  const float* valBuf;
  const int* idxBuf;
  const size_t length;
  bool needFree;
  IntWithFloatArray(const float* v, const int* i, size_t l, bool f = false);
};

enum SparseValueType { SPARSE_NON_VALUE = 0, SPARSE_VALUE = 1 };

enum SparseFormatType { SPARSE_CSR = 0, SPARSE_CSC = 1 };

/**
 * In Python, -1UL is hard to write. So define a const value used by python
 * side.
 */
const size_t NO_SPARSE_ID = -1UL;

struct MatrixPrivate;
class Matrix {
  Matrix();  // User Cannot Create Matrix.
  DISABLE_COPY(Matrix);
  static Matrix* createByPaddleMatrixPtr(void* sharedPtr);

public:
  virtual ~Matrix();

  /**
   * Create A Matrix with height,width, which is filled by zero.
   */
  static Matrix* createZero(size_t height,
                            size_t width,
                            bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  /**
   * Create Sparse Matrix.
   *
   * After create sparse, sparseCopyFrom can be used to fill matrix.
   *
   * @param nnz  Number of non zero values.
   *
   * @note the default sparse type is SPARSE_CSR.
   */
  static Matrix* createSparse(size_t height,
                              size_t width,
                              size_t nnz,
                              bool isNonVal = true,
                              bool trans = false,
                              bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  /**
   * Create Dense Matrix.
   *
   * @param data  list of float should be passed in python.
   * @note        the value will be copy into a new matrix.
   */
  static Matrix* createDense(const std::vector<float>& data,
                             size_t height,
                             size_t width,
                             bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  static Matrix* createDenseFromNumpy(
      float* data,
      int dim1,
      int dim2,
      bool copy = true,
      bool useGpu = isUsingGpu()) throw(UnsupportError);

  /**
   *  Create Cpu Dense Matrix from numpy matrix, dtype=float32
   *
   *  @param data  a numpy matrix.
   *  @param dim1  dimension of data.
   *  @param dim2  dimension of data.
   *  @param copy  true if copy into a new matrix, false will create
   *               matrix inplace. copy = false should be used with extreme
   *               care because Matrix will share the memory with the given
   *               numpy array. If the numpy array object is no longer valid,
   *               the memory space will not be usable.
   */
  static Matrix* createCpuDenseFromNumpy(float* data,
                                         int dim1,
                                         int dim2,
                                         bool copy = true);

  /// Create Gpu Dense Matrix from numpy matrix, dtype=float32
  static Matrix* createGpuDenseFromNumpy(float* data, int dim1, int dim2);

  /**
   * Cast to numpy matrix.
   *
   * @note    This method take no parameter in python.
   * @note    This method in python will return a numpy matrix, not void.
   * @note    Only CpuDenseMatrix is supported.
   *
   * Example:
   * @code
   * import paddle
   * m = paddle.Matrix.createZero(10,2)
   * numpy_mat = m.toNumpyMat()
   * @endcode
   */
  void toNumpyMatInplace(float** view_data,
                         int* dim1,
                         int* dim2) throw(UnsupportError);

  /// Copy To numpy mat.
  void copyToNumpyMat(float** view_m_data,
                      int* dim1,
                      int* dim2) throw(UnsupportError);

  /// Copy From Numpy Mat
  void copyFromNumpyMat(float* data, int dim1, int dim2) throw(UnsupportError,
                                                               RangeError);

  /// return true if this matrix is sparse.
  bool isSparse() const;

  SparseValueType getSparseValueType() const throw(UnsupportError);

  SparseFormatType getSparseFormat() const throw(UnsupportError);

  IntArray getSparseRowCols(size_t i) const throw(UnsupportError, RangeError);

  IntWithFloatArray getSparseRowColsVal(size_t i) const
      throw(UnsupportError, RangeError);

  size_t getHeight() const;

  size_t getWidth() const;

  float get(size_t x, size_t y) const throw(RangeError);

  void set(size_t x, size_t y, float val) throw(RangeError, UnsupportError);

  /// return type is list of float
  FloatArray getData() const;

  /**
   * Copy from rows, cols, values.
   *
   * if sparse_nonvalue, the values should be []
   */
  void sparseCopyFrom(const std::vector<int>& rows,
                      const std::vector<int>& cols,
                      const std::vector<float>& values =
                          std::vector<float>()) throw(UnsupportError);

  bool isGpu() const;

private:
  void* getSharedPtr() const;

  MatrixPrivate* m;
  friend class Trainer;
  friend class GradientMachine;
  friend class Arguments;
};

struct VectorPrivate;
class Vector {
  DISABLE_COPY(Vector);
  Vector();
  static Vector* createByPaddleVectorPtr(void* ptr);

  void* getSharedPtr();

public:
  ~Vector();

  /// Create Vector filled with zero.
  static Vector* createZero(size_t sz, bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  /**
   * Create Vector from list of float.
   *
   * It will create a new vector, and copy data into it.
   */
  static Vector* create(const std::vector<float>& data,
                        bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  static Vector* createVectorFromNumpy(
      float* data,
      int dim,
      bool copy = true,
      bool useGpu = isUsingGpu()) throw(UnsupportError);
  /**
   * Create Cpu Vector from numpy array, which dtype=float32
   *
   * If copy is false, it will create vector inplace.
   */
  static Vector* createCpuVectorFromNumpy(float* data,
                                          int dim,
                                          bool copy = true);

  /// Create Gpu Vector from numpy array, which dtype=float32
  static Vector* createGpuVectorFromNumpy(float* data, int dim);

  /**
   * copy from another vector
   * throw(RangeError) if size of src vector is different from size of this
   * vector
   */
  void copyFrom(Vector* src) throw(RangeError);

  /// Cast to numpy array inplace.
  void toNumpyArrayInplace(float** view_data, int* dim1) throw(UnsupportError);

  /// Copy to numpy array.
  void copyToNumpyArray(float** view_m_data, int* dim1);

  /// Copy from numpy array.
  void copyFromNumpyArray(float* data, int dim);

  /// __getitem__ in python
  float get(const size_t idx) const throw(RangeError, UnsupportError);

  /// __setitem__ in python
  void set(const size_t idx, float val) throw(RangeError, UnsupportError);

  /// Return is GPU vector or not.
  bool isGpu() const;

  /// Return a list of float, the memory is alloced and copied.
  FloatArray getData() const;

  /// __len__ in python
  size_t getSize() const;

private:
  VectorPrivate* m;

private:
  friend class Parameter;
  friend class ParameterOptimizer;
  friend struct ParameterTraverseCallbackPrivate;
};

struct IVectorPrivate;
class IVector {
  IVector();
  DISABLE_COPY(IVector);
  static IVector* createByPaddleVectorPtr(void* ptr);

public:
  /// Create IVector filled with zero
  static IVector* createZero(size_t sz, bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  /**
   * Create IVector from list of int.
   * It will create a new vector, and copy data into it.
   */
  static IVector* create(const std::vector<int>& data,
                         bool useGpu = isUsingGpu());

  static IVector* createVectorFromNumpy(
      int* data,
      int dim,
      bool copy = true,
      bool useGpu = isUsingGpu()) throw(UnsupportError);

  /**
   * Create Cpu IVector from numpy array, which dtype=int32
   *
   * If copy is false, it will create vector inplace
   */
  static IVector* createCpuVectorFromNumpy(int* data,
                                           int dim,
                                           bool copy = true);
  /**
   * Create Gpu IVector from numpy array, which dtype=int32
   */
  static IVector* createGpuVectorFromNumpy(int* data, int dim);

  /// Cast to numpy array inplace.
  void toNumpyArrayInplace(int** view_data, int* dim1) throw(UnsupportError);

  /// Copy to numpy array.
  void copyToNumpyArray(int** view_m_data, int* dim1);

  /// Copy from numpy array.
  void copyFromNumpyArray(int* data, int dim);

  virtual ~IVector();

  /// Return a list of int, the memory is alloced and copied.
  IntArray getData() const;

  /// This method will map to python [] method.
  int& operator[](const size_t idx) throw(RangeError, UnsupportError);

  const int& operator[](const size_t idx) const
      throw(RangeError, UnsupportError);

  inline int get(const size_t idx) const throw(RangeError, UnsupportError) {
    return (*this)[idx];
  }

  inline void set(const size_t idx, int val) throw(RangeError, UnsupportError) {
    (*this)[idx] = val;
  }

  /// Return true if it is gpu vector.
  bool isGpu() const;

  /// This method will map to python __len__();
  size_t getSize() const;

private:
  void* getSharedPtr() const;

  friend class Arguments;
  IVectorPrivate* m;
};

struct ArgumentsPrivate;

/// The Arguments is actual a std::vector<paddle::Argument> in paddle.
class Arguments {
private:
  Arguments();  // Internal Create.
  DISABLE_COPY(Arguments);

public:
  /**
   * Create a arguments with size.
   * Note that it can be zero.
   */
  static Arguments* createArguments(size_t slotNum);

  void resize(size_t slotNum);

  virtual ~Arguments();

  /**
   * Return the slot number that aguments contains.
   *
   * It is actually the vector's size
   */
  size_t getSlotNum() const;

  /**
   * The get functions of Arguments
   *
   * the param idx is the slot id
   */
  Matrix* getSlotValue(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  Matrix* getSlotGrad(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  IVector* getSlotIds(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  Matrix* getSlotIn(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  IVector* getSlotSequenceStartPositions(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  IVector* getSlotSubSequenceStartPositions(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  IVector* getSlotSequenceDim(size_t idx) const throw(RangeError);
  // End Of get functions of Arguments

  int64_t getBatchSize(size_t idx = 0) const throw(RangeError);

  /**
   * The set functions of Arguments.
   *
   * The param idx is the slot id.
   * The other param is the input Matrix or vector.
   */
  void setSlotValue(size_t idx, Matrix* mat) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotGrad(size_t idx, Matrix* mat) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotIn(size_t idx, Matrix* mat) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotIds(size_t idx, IVector* vec) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotSequenceStartPositions(size_t idx,
                                     IVector* vec) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotSubSequenceStartPositions(size_t idx,
                                        IVector* vec) throw(RangeError);
  void setSlotSequenceDim(size_t idx, IVector* vec) throw(RangeError);

  /**
   * Set the frame height of the idx-th Argument.
   *
   * @param ids The index of which Argument.
   * @param h The height value.
   */
  void setSlotFrameHeight(size_t idx, size_t h) throw(RangeError);

  /**
   * Set the frame height of the idx-th Argument.
   *
   * @param ids The index of which Argument.
   * @param h The height value.
   */
  void setSlotFrameWidth(size_t idx, size_t w) throw(RangeError);

  size_t getSlotFrameHeight(size_t idx = 0) const throw(RangeError);
  size_t getSlotFrameWidth(size_t idx = 0) const throw(RangeError);

  float sum() const;

private:
  static Arguments* createByPaddleArgumentVector(void* ptr);
  static Arguments* createByPaddleArgument(const void* ptr);
  void* getInternalArgumentsPtr() const;

private:
  ArgumentsPrivate* m;
  friend class Trainer;
  friend class GradientMachine;
  friend class SequenceGenerator;
};

enum GradientMatchineCreateMode {
  CREATE_MODE_NORMAL = paddle::GradientMachine::kNormal,
  CREATE_MODE_SGD_SPARSE_CPU_TRAINING =
      paddle::GradientMachine::kSgdSparseCpuTraining,
  CREATE_MODE_TESTING = paddle::GradientMachine::kTesting
};

struct ParameterConfigPrivate;
class ParameterConfig {
  DISABLE_COPY(ParameterConfig);
  ParameterConfig();

  /**
   * Internal methods
   */
  static ParameterConfig* createParameterConfigFromParameterSharedPtr(
      void* ptr);
  static ParameterConfig* createParameterConfigFromParameterPtr(void* ptr);
  void* getRawPtr();

public:
  ~ParameterConfig();

  /**
   * return proto buf string.
   */
  std::string toProtoString() const;

private:
  ParameterConfigPrivate* m;

private:
  friend class Parameter;
  friend class ParameterOptimizer;
  friend struct ParameterTraverseCallbackPrivate;
};

struct OptimizationConfigPrivate;
class OptimizationConfig {
  DISABLE_COPY(OptimizationConfig);
  OptimizationConfig();

public:
  static OptimizationConfig* createFromProtoString(const std::string& str);
  ~OptimizationConfig();

  /**
   * return protobuf string.
   */
  std::string toProtoString();

private:
  OptimizationConfigPrivate* m;

  friend class TrainerConfig;
  friend class ParameterOptimizer;
  friend class ParameterUpdater;
  friend class Trainer;
};

struct ParameterPrivate;
class Parameter {
private:
  Parameter();
  DISABLE_COPY(Parameter);

public:
  virtual ~Parameter();

  /**
   * get parameter name
   */
  std::string getName() const;

  /**
   * get buf in Parameter
   */
  Vector* getBuf(ParameterType type);

  /**
   * get id
   */
  size_t getID() const;

  ParameterConfig* getConfig();
  void setValueUpdated();

  bool save(const std::string& filename) const;

  bool load(const std::string& filename) const;

  size_t getSize() const;

private:
  static Parameter* createFromRawPtr(void* ptr);
  static Parameter* createFromSharedPtr(void* ptr);

private:
  ParameterPrivate* m;
  friend class UpdateCallbackWrapper;
  friend class GradientMachine;
  friend class ParameterUpdater;
};

struct ModelConfigPrivate;
/**
 * You can only get model config from TrainerConfig.
 *
 * It is used by GradientMachine.
 */
class ModelConfig {
private:
  ModelConfig();
  DISABLE_COPY(ModelConfig);

public:
  virtual ~ModelConfig();

private:
  ModelConfigPrivate* m;
  friend class TrainerConfig;
  friend struct TrainerConfigPrivate;
  friend class GradientMachine;
};

struct TrainerConfigPrivate;
/**
 * To get TrainerConfig from file.
 *
 * It is used by GradientMachine.
 */
class TrainerConfig {
private:
  TrainerConfig();
  DISABLE_COPY(TrainerConfig);

public:
  virtual ~TrainerConfig();

  static TrainerConfig* createFromTrainerConfigFile(
      const std::string& configPath);
  static TrainerConfig* createFromProtoString(const std::string& str);

  ModelConfig* getModelConfig() const;

  OptimizationConfig* getOptimizationConfig() const;

private:
  TrainerConfigPrivate* m;
  friend class Trainer;
};

/**
 * The callback in backword.
 *
 * You can inherit this class in python.
 *
 * @code
 * class UpdateCallbackInPython(paddle.UpdateCallback):
 *   def __init__(self):
 *     paddle.UpdateCallback.__init__(self)
 *
 *   def apply(self, param):
 *     assert isinstance(param, paddle.Parameter)
 * @endcode
 */
class UpdateCallback {
public:
  virtual ~UpdateCallback();
  virtual void apply(Parameter* p);
};

struct ParameterTraverseCallbackPrivate;
class ParameterTraverseCallback {
  DISABLE_COPY(ParameterTraverseCallback);
  ParameterTraverseCallback();

public:
  ~ParameterTraverseCallback();

  void apply(const std::vector<Vector*>& vecs,
             const ParameterConfig& config,
             size_t sparseId);

private:
  ParameterTraverseCallbackPrivate* m;
  friend class ParameterOptimizer;
};

/**
 * The ParameterOptimizer Wrapper Class.
 *
 * Basically same as common/ParameterOptimizer.h
 */
struct ParameterOptimizerPrivate;
class ParameterOptimizer {
  DISABLE_COPY(ParameterOptimizer);
  ParameterOptimizer();

public:
  static ParameterOptimizer* create(OptimizationConfig* config);

  ~ParameterOptimizer();

  void init(size_t numRows, const ParameterConfig* config);

  void startPass();

  void finishPass();

  void startBatch(size_t numSamplesProcessed);

  void finishBatch();

  void update(const std::vector<Vector*>& vecs,
              const ParameterConfig& conf,
              size_t sparseId = NO_SPARSE_ID);

  std::vector<int> getParameterTypes() const;

  ParameterTraverseCallback* needSpecialTraversal(
      const ParameterConfig& config) const;

private:
  ParameterOptimizerPrivate* m;
};

class SequenceGenerator;
class Evaluator;
struct GradientMachinePrivate;
class GradientMachine {
private:
  GradientMachine();
  DISABLE_COPY(GradientMachine);

public:
  virtual ~GradientMachine();

  /**
   * Create By ProtoStr.
   *
   * The ProtoStr can be generate by python's protobuf code.
   */
  static GradientMachine* createByConfigProtoStr(
      const std::string& protoStr,
      GradientMatchineCreateMode mode = CREATE_MODE_NORMAL,
      const std::vector<int>& parameterTypes = defaultParamTypes);

  /**
   * Create by ModelConfig object.
   *
   * To get ModelConfig, you can get TrainerConfig from config file, then get
   * model config by TrainerConfig
   */
  static GradientMachine* createByModelConfig(
      ModelConfig* conf,
      GradientMatchineCreateMode mode = CREATE_MODE_NORMAL,
      const std::vector<int>& parameterTypes = defaultParamTypes);

  /**
   * @brief finish
   */
  void finish();

  void start();

  /**
   * Prefetch row ids of sparse parameter.
   */
  void prefetch(const Arguments& inArgs);

  /**
   * Do some thing when train pass ended.
   */
  void onPassEnd();

  /**
   * The forward stage of GradientMachine.
   *
   * @note  the outArgs could be zero length arguemnts.
   * @note  THIS METHOD IS VERY USEFULL FOR PREDICT FROM TRAINED MODEL.
   */
  void forward(const Arguments& inArgs, Arguments* outArgs, PassType passType);

  /**
   * The backward stage of GradientMachine.
   *
   * @note  Currently the ParameterUpdater is not wrapped in SWIG, so backward
   * cannot actually train a network. But you can write a update callback to
   * change the parameter or implement a ParameterUpdater in python side.
   */
  void backward(const UpdateCallback& callback = UpdateCallback());

  /**
   * Combine forward/backward
   */
  void forwardBackward(const Arguments& inArgs,
                       Arguments* outArgs,
                       PassType passType,
                       const UpdateCallback& callback = UpdateCallback());

  void loadParameters(const std::string& path);

  size_t getParameterSize() const;
  Parameter* getParameter(size_t i) throw(RangeError);

  size_t getNonStaticParameterSize() const;
  Parameter* getNonStaticParameter(size_t i) throw(RangeError);

  void randParameters();

  Arguments* getLayerOutput(const std::string& layerName) const
      throw(UnsupportError);

  /**
   * Create a sequence generator.
   *
   * @note  It just like a paddle_gen_sequence.
   */
  SequenceGenerator* asSequenceGenerator(
      const std::vector<std::string>& dict = std::vector<std::string>(),
      size_t begin_id = 0UL,
      size_t end_id = 0UL,
      size_t max_length = 100UL,
      size_t beam_size = -1UL);

  Evaluator* makeEvaluator();

  void eval(Evaluator* evaluator);

private:
  GradientMachinePrivate* m;

  static GradientMachine* createFromPaddleModelPtr(
      const void* confPtr,
      GradientMatchineCreateMode mode,
      const std::vector<int>& types);

  // Not to use c++ 11 init-list, so we use static var as function default arg.
  static std::vector<int> defaultParamTypes;
  friend class Trainer;
  friend class ParameterUpdater;
};

struct ParameterUpdaterPrivate;
class ParameterUpdater {
private:
  ParameterUpdater();

public:
  static ParameterUpdater* createLocalUpdater(OptimizationConfig* config);
  static ParameterUpdater* createRemoteUpdater(OptimizationConfig* config,
                                               int passCount,
                                               bool useSparseUpdater);
  static ParameterUpdater* createNewRemoteUpdater(
      OptimizationConfig* config,
      const std::string pserverSpec,
      const bool useEtcd) throw(UnsupportError);
  ~ParameterUpdater();

  /**
   * @brief initialize Parameter Updater by GradientMachine.
   * @param gm
   */
  void init(const GradientMachine& gm);

  /**
   * @brief begin of a training/testing of one pass.
   */
  void startPass();

  /**
   * @brief end of a traning/testing of one pass.
   */
  void finishPass();

  /**
   * @brief begin of a training/testing of one batch.
   * @param data batch's size
   * @return PassType, mostly will be training.
   */
  PassType startBatch(size_t batchSize);

  /**
   * @brief end of a traning/testing of one batch
   * @param cost current batch cost.
   */
  void finishBatch(float cost);

  /**
   * @brief update a parameter (by local optimizer or by cluster pserver)
   * @param param
   */
  void update(Parameter* param);

  /**
   * @breif only get required sparse rows by default.
   * @param fullSize: get full matrix parameter if *fullSize* set
   * @param apply: get PARAMETER_APPLY on pserver if *apply* set
   */
  void getParametersRemote(bool fullSize = false, bool apply = false);

  /**
   * @brief restore the average parameter.
   * @note It is only used in AverageOptimizer. Restore will get the current
   * PARAMETER_VALUE back.
   */
  void restore();

  /**
   * @brief apply. Store the average parameter.
   * @note It is only used in AverageOptimizer. Apply will store the current
   * PARAMETER_VALUE to buffer, calcaualte current Average Parameter, and save
   * it to PARAMETER_VALUE.
   */
  void apply();

  /**
   * @brief catchUpWith The Regularization will be delayed in many situations(
   * pserver, local sparse). Catch Up means catch the regularization up, apply
   * regularization to all params.
   */
  void catchUpWith();

private:
  ParameterUpdaterPrivate* m;
};

struct EvaluatorPrivate;
class Evaluator {
private:
  Evaluator();
  DISABLE_COPY(Evaluator);

public:
  ~Evaluator();

  /**
   * @brief begin an evaluate stage.
   */
  void start();

  /**
   * @brief end an evaluate stage.
   */
  void finish();

  /**
   * @brief toString will get a evaluate result.
   *
   * __repr__ method in python
   */
  std::string toString();

  std::vector<std::string> getNames() const;

  double getValue(const std::string name) const;

private:
  EvaluatorPrivate* m;

  friend class GradientMachine;
};

struct TrainerPrivate;
class Trainer {
private:
  TrainerPrivate* m;
  Trainer();
  Trainer(TrainerConfig* optConfig, GradientMachine* gm);
  DISABLE_COPY(Trainer);

public:
  virtual ~Trainer();

  /// Create A Trainer By TrainerConfig. using paddle command line.
  static Trainer* createByCommandLine() throw(IOError);

  static Trainer* create(TrainerConfig* optConfig,
                         GradientMachine* gm) throw(IOError);

  /// Start training
  void startTrain();

  /// Finish training
  void finishTrain();

  /// Start a pass.
  void startTrainPass();

  /// Finish a pass
  void finishTrainPass();

  /**
   * Train one batch,
   *
   * @return true if all batch finished.
   */
  bool trainOneBatch(size_t batchSize);

  void trainOneDataBatch(size_t batchSize, const Arguments& args);

  void startTestPeriod();
  void testOneDataBatch(size_t batchSize, const Arguments& args);
  void finishTestPeriod();

  void forwardOneBatch(size_t batchSize);

  Arguments* getForwardOutput();

  Arguments* getLayerOutput(const std::string& layerName) const;
};

/// the N-Best results generated from one input sequence.
class ISequenceResults {
public:
  virtual ~ISequenceResults();

  /// Number of result.
  virtual size_t getSize() const = 0;

  /**
   * Get sentence from dictionary.
   *
   * @param id  the index of result.
   * @param split  if true, the return sentence will be splited with ' ' by
   *               each word. Default is false.
   */
  virtual std::string getSentence(size_t id, bool split = false) const
      throw(RangeError) = 0;
  virtual std::vector<int> getSequence(size_t id) const throw(RangeError) = 0;
  virtual float getScore(size_t id) const throw(RangeError) = 0;
};

struct SequenceGeneratorPrivate;
class SequenceGenerator {
  DISABLE_COPY(SequenceGenerator);
  SequenceGenerator();

public:
  virtual ~SequenceGenerator();

  /**
   * Generate Sequence by input.
   *
   * @note  The inArgs is just one sequence of data.
   * @note  The return will get a N-best generate result by inArgs.
   *        Sort by score.
   */
  ISequenceResults* generateSequence(const Arguments& inArgs) const;

  void setDict(const std::vector<std::string>& dict);
  void setBos(size_t bos);
  void setEos(size_t eos);
  void setMaxLength(size_t maxlength);
  void setBeamSize(size_t beamSize);

private:
  static SequenceGenerator* createByGradientMachineSharedPtr(void* ptr);
  friend class GradientMachine;

private:
  SequenceGeneratorPrivate* m;
};