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package ai.djl.training;
import ai.djl.Device;
import ai.djl.training.evaluator.Evaluator;
import ai.djl.training.initializer.Initializer;
import ai.djl.training.listener.TrainingListener;
import ai.djl.training.loss.Loss;
import ai.djl.training.optimizer.Optimizer;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An interface that is responsible for holding the configuration required by {@link Trainer}.
*
* A {@link Trainer} requires an {@link Initializer} to initialize the parameters of the model,
* an {@link Optimizer} to compute gradients and update the parameters according to a {@link Loss}
* function. It also needs to know the {@link Evaluator}s that need to be computed during training.
* A {@code TrainingConfig} instance that is passed to the {@link Trainer} will provide this
* information, and thus facilitate the training process.
*/
public interface TrainingConfig {
/**
* Gets the {@link Device} that are available for computation.
*
*
This is necessary for a {@link Trainer} as it needs to know what kind of device it is
* running on, and how many devices it is running on.
*
* @return an array of {@link Device}
*/
Device[] getDevices();
/**
* Gets the {@link Initializer} to initialize the parameters of the model.
*
* @return an {@link Initializer}
*/
Initializer getInitializer();
/**
* Gets the {@link Optimizer} to use during training.
*
* @return an {@link Optimizer}
*/
Optimizer getOptimizer();
/**
* Gets the {@link Loss} function to compute the loss against.
*
* @return a {@link Loss} function
*/
Loss getLossFunction();
/**
* Returns the list of {@link Evaluator}s that should be computed during training.
*
* @return a list of {@link Evaluator}s
*/
List getEvaluators();
/**
* Returns the list of {@link TrainingListener}s that should be used during training.
*
* @return a list of {@link TrainingListener}s
*/
List getTrainingListeners();
}