# Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. """ At training and testing time, PaddlePaddle programs need to read data. To ease the users' work to write data reading code, we define that - A *reader* is a function that reads data (from file, network, random number generator, etc) and yields data items. - A *reader creator* is a function that returns a reader function. - A *reader decorator* is a function, which accepts one or more readers, and returns a reader. - A *batch reader* is a function that reads data (from *reader*, file, network, random number generator, etc) and yields a batch of data items. ##################### Data Reader Interface ##################### Indeed, *data reader* doesn't have to be a function that reads and yields data items. It can be any function with no parameter that creates a iterable (anything can be used in :code:`for x in iterable`)\: .. code-block:: python iterable = data_reader() Element produced from the iterable should be a **single** entry of data, **not** a mini batch. That entry of data could be a single item, or a tuple of items. Item should be of `supported type `_ (e.g., numpy 1d array of float32, int, list of int) An example implementation for single item data reader creator: .. code-block:: python def reader_creator_random_image(width, height): def reader(): while True: yield numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, size=width*height) return reader An example implementation for multiple item data reader creator: .. code-block:: python def reader_creator_random_image_and_label(width, height, label): def reader(): while True: yield numpy.random.uniform(-1, 1, size=width*height), label return reader TODO(yuyang18): Should we add whole design doc here? """ import decorator from decorator import * import creator __all__ = decorator.__all__ + ['creator']