ParameterUpdaterHook.h

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#pragma once
#include <memory>

#include "ParameterConfig.pb.h"

namespace paddle {

class Parameter;

/**
 * The parameter updater hook interface.
 *
 * The Parameter Updater hooks is a group of methods invoke before
 * ParameterUpdater::updateImpl. It can modify gradient/momentum/etc before
 * parameter optimization.
 */
class IParameterUpdaterHook {
public:
  virtual ~IParameterUpdaterHook();

  /**
   * Create A ParameterUpdaterHook.
   *
   * The same parameter shared the same hooks. So it returns shared_ptr.
   *
   * @param param_config The parameter config.
   * @param idx  The element index of param_config.updater_hooks() array.
   */
  static std::shared_ptr<IParameterUpdaterHook> create(
      const ParameterConfig& paramConfig, int idx);

  /**
   * The update hook method. Invoke before ParameterUpdater::updateImpl
   */
  virtual void update(Parameter* para) = 0;

  /**
   * The init hook method. Invoke in ParameterUpdater::init
   */
  virtual void init(Parameter* para) = 0;

protected:
  /**
   * Ctor.
   */
  IParameterUpdaterHook();
};

}  // namespace paddle