L2DistanceLayer.h

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#pragma once

#include "Layer.h"
#include "paddle/math/Matrix.h"

namespace paddle {

/**
 * @brief The layer calculates the l2 distance between two input vectors.
 * \f[
 * f(\bf{x}, \bf{y}) = \sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^D(x_i - y_i)}
 * \f]
 *
 * - Input1: A vector (batchSize * dataDim)
 * - Input2: A vector (batchSize * dataDim)
 * - Output: A vector (batchSize * 1)
 *
 * The configuration api is: l2_distance_layer.
 */

class L2DistanceLayer : public Layer {
 public:
  explicit L2DistanceLayer(const LayerConfig& config) : Layer(config) {}
  ~L2DistanceLayer() {}

  bool init(const LayerMap& layerMap,
            const ParameterMap& parameterMap) override;

  void forward(PassType passType) override;
  void backward(const UpdateCallback& callback = nullptr) override;

 private:
  // Store the result of subtracting Input2 from Input1 in forward computation,
  // which will be reused in backward computation.
  MatrixPtr inputSub_;
};

}  // namespace paddle