parameters.h

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// Copyright (C) 2003 Ronan Collobert ([e-mail])
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#ifndef PARAMETERS_INC
#define PARAMETERS_INC

#include "Object.h"

namespace Torch {

/** Parameters definition.
    Parameters are a bench of real arrays.

    @author Ronan Collobert ([e-mail])
*/
class Parameters : public Object
{
  public:
    /** Array of pointers to array of parameters.
        The size of this array is given by #n_data#.
        The size of #data[i]# is given by #size[i]#
    */
    real **data;

    /// Size of #data#
    int n_data;

    /// #size[i]# is the size of #data[i]#
    int *size;

    /// Total number of parameters
    int n_params;
    
    /// No parameters ?
    Parameters();

    /// Create one entry in #data# with the given size.
    Parameters(int n_params_);

    /** Add an entry in #data#.
        If #do_copy# is true, copy the parameters.
        Else, just copy the pointer.
    */
    void addParameters(real *params, int n_params_, bool do_copy=false);
    
    /** Add all entries given by #params# in #data#.
        If #do_copy# is true, copy the parameters, else just copy the pointers.
     */
    void add(Parameters *params, bool do_copy=false);

    /** Copy the given parameters.
        The given parameters don't need to have the same structure.
        But it must have the same total length.
    */
    void copy(Parameters *from);

    /** Copy a real vector in the parameters.
        The parameters \emph{must} have the good size!
    */
    void copyFrom(real *vec);

    /** Copy the full parameters in a real vector.
        The parameters \emph{must} have the good size!
    */
    void copyTo(real *vec);

    /// Save all the parameters.
    virtual void saveXFile(XFile *file);

    /// Load all the parameters.
    virtual void loadXFile(XFile *file);

    virtual ~Parameters();
};

}

#endif