DataConfig.proto

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syntax = "proto2";

package paddle;

message FileGroupConf {
  optional uint32 queue_capacity = 1 [ default = 1 ];
  // how many files to load for a load file thread
  optional int32 load_file_count = 2 [ default = 1 ];
  // how many threads to load files
  // Setting to be 5~10 is appropriate when loading files by hadoop vfs
  optional int32 load_thread_num = 3 [ default = 1 ];
};

message DataConfig {

  required string type = 1;

  // name of a text file which contains a list of file names at each line
  optional string files = 3;

  optional int32 feat_dim = 4;         // feature dimension of one frame
  repeated int32 slot_dims = 5;        // feature slot dims
  optional int32 context_len = 6;      // max neibour frame numbers
  optional uint64 buffer_capacity = 7; // the number of samples

  // part of data used in training
  // if not -1, part of train data is used in training
  optional int64 train_sample_num = 8 [ default = -1 ];

  // The number of documents processed once
  optional int32 file_load_num = 9 [ default = -1 ];
  optional bool async_load_data = 12 [ default = false ];
  /// Note the field number 10, 11 and 13 have been deprecated.
  optional bool for_test = 14
      [ default = false ]; // whether this data is for test
  optional FileGroupConf file_group_conf = 15;
  repeated int32 float_slot_dims = 16;

  /// Note the field number 17, 18 and 19 have been deprecated.

  // a list of values which will be used to create additional one dimensional
  // float
  // values slots. These one dimensional slots can be used as the weight input
  // for cost layers.
  // Currently this is only supported by ProtoDataProvider.
  repeated double constant_slots = 20;

  // for PyDataProvider.
  // Specify the load data script module name, object name and user args
  optional string load_data_module = 21;
  optional string load_data_object = 22;
  optional string load_data_args = 23;

  // for MultiDataProvider
  repeated DataConfig sub_data_configs = 24; // sub dataproviders
                                             /*
                                              * the ratio of each sub dataproviders:
                                              * e.g. sub dataprovider A's ratio is 1, B's ratio is 9, batch_size is 100,
                                              * then each mini-batch is combined by 10 instance from A and 90 instances
                                              * from B.
                                              */
  optional int32 data_ratio = 25;
  /*
   * if one of the sub dataproviders is running out of data, then
   * (1) it is "main data", then finish current pass.
   * (2) it is not "main data", then reset it, and try getNextBatch again.
   */
  optional bool is_main_data = 26 [ default = true ];

  // the usage ratio of instances. Setting to 1.0 means the use of all
  // instances.
  optional double usage_ratio = 27 [ default = 1.0 ];
};