creator.py

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"""
Creator package contains some simple reader creator, which could
be used in user program.
"""

__all__ = ['np_array', 'text_file', 'recordio']


def np_array(x):
    """
    Creates a reader that yields elements of x, if it is a
    numpy vector. Or rows of x, if it is a numpy matrix.
    Or any sub-hyperplane indexed by the highest dimension.

    :param x: the numpy array to create reader from.
    :returns: data reader created from x.
    """

    def reader():
        if x.ndim < 1:
            yield x

        for e in x:
            yield e

    return reader


def text_file(path):
    """
    Creates a data reader that outputs text line by line from given text file.
    Trailing new line ('\\\\n') of each line will be removed.

    :path: path of the text file.
    :returns: data reader of text file
    """

    def reader():
        f = open(path, "r")
        for l in f:
            yield l.rstrip('\n')
        f.close()

    return reader


def recordio(paths, buf_size=100):
    """
    Creates a data reader from given RecordIO file paths separated by ",",
        glob pattern is supported.
    :path: path of recordio files, can be a string or a string list.
    :returns: data reader of recordio files.
    """

    import recordio as rec
    import paddle.reader.decorator as dec
    import cPickle as pickle

    def reader():
        if isinstance(paths, basestring):
            path = paths
        else:
            path = ",".join(paths)
        f = rec.reader(path)
        while True:
            r = f.read()
            if r is None:
                break
            yield pickle.loads(r)
        f.close()

    return dec.buffered(reader, buf_size)