Tester.h

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#pragma once

#include "paddle/utils/Util.h"

#include <stdio.h>

#include "hl_gpu.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/dataproviders/DataProvider.h"
#include "paddle/gserver/gradientmachines/GradientMachine.h"

#include "TrainerConfig.pb.h"

#include "ParameterUpdater.h"
#include "ParamUtil.h"
#include "TesterConfig.h"
#include "TrainerInternalConfig.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <stdlib.h>

namespace paddle {

/**
 * Neural Network test logics code.
 * It is a private class for Trainer.
 */
class Tester {
public:
  /**
   * Ctor
   * @param config Trainer Config.
   * @param intconfig Tester Config.
   * @param gradientMachine Gradient machine(neuralnetwork) that will be tested.
   * @param parameterUpdater Parameter Updater. Not for updating parameter, just
   *                         for getting parameter from parameter-server.
   * @param testDataProvider Test data provider.
   */
  Tester(const std::shared_ptr<TrainerConfigHelper>& config,
         std::unique_ptr<TesterConfig>&& intconfig,
         const GradientMachinePtr& gradientMachine,
         const std::shared_ptr<ParameterUpdater>& parameterUpdater,
         std::shared_ptr<DataProvider> testDataProvider);

  /**
   * test one period.
   *
   * One period means 2 things.
   *   if test_period !=0 and not test_all_data_in_one_period, then
   *      will test test_period * batch_size data.
   *   else
   *      will test whole test data.
   *
   * It is convenience to test small set of data when test data set is large and
   * is training at same time.
   */
  void testOnePeriod();
  void startTestPeriod();
  void finishTestPeriod();
  void testOneDataBatch(const DataBatch& dataBatch,
                        std::vector<Argument>* outArgs);

  /**
   * Test for given data batch.
   * @param dataBatch Data batch.
   * @param evaluator Evaluator
   * @return cost
   */
  real forwardOneBatch(const DataBatch& dataBatch,
                       Evaluator* evaluator,
                       std::vector<Argument>* outArgs);

  /**
   * performance the full pass of test given test data provider
   */
  void test();

protected:
  std::shared_ptr<ParameterClient2> testParameterClient_;
  std::shared_ptr<TrainerConfigHelper> config_;
  std::unique_ptr<TesterConfig> intconfig_;
  GradientMachinePtr gradientMachine_;
  std::shared_ptr<ParameterUpdater> parameterUpdater_;
  std::unique_ptr<Evaluator> testEvaluator_;
  std::unique_ptr<ParameterUtil> paramUtil_;
  DataProviderPtr testDataProvider_;
  TrainerStats stats_;

  // Used for saving the values of output layers
  std::ofstream os_;
  std::vector<MatrixPtr> cpuMat_;
  std::vector<IVectorPtr> cpuVec_;
  struct {
    int64_t numSamples;
    real cost;
  } testContext_;

private:
  /**
   * Test one batch by batchId. It is only used for testOnePass.
   *
   * Durning testOnePass, each log_period will print cost statistics.
   *
   * @param batchId current batch id (from 0)
   * @return num of tested samples. Zero if end of pass.
   */
  int64_t testOneBatchById(int64_t batchId);

  /**
   * Test whole pass in one batch.
   *
   *
   * @param passId current pass id (from 0)
   */
  void testOnePassBatch(int passId);

  /**
   * test for one pass in several mini-batches.
   *
   * Used for sgd method.
   *
   * @param passId current pass id (from 0)
   */
  void testOnePass(int passId);

  /**
   * print the outArgs to a stream
   *
   * used for save feature file
   *
   * @param [in] outArgs output arguments for network.
   * @param [in,out] os output stream.
   */
  void printOutput(const std::vector<Argument>& outArgs, std::ostream& os);
};

}  //  namespace paddle