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package org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.iterator;
import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.DataSet;
import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.DataSetPreProcessor;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
public interface DataSetIterator extends Iterator, Serializable {
/**
* Like the standard next method but allows a
* customizable number of examples returned
*
* @param num the number of examples
* @return the next data applyTransformToDestination
*/
DataSet next(int num);
/**
* Input columns for the dataset
*
* @return
*/
int inputColumns();
/**
* The number of labels for the dataset
*
* @return
*/
int totalOutcomes();
/**
* Is resetting supported by this DataSetIterator? Many DataSetIterators do support resetting,
* but some don't
*
* @return true if reset method is supported; false otherwise
*/
boolean resetSupported();
/**
* Does this DataSetIterator support asynchronous prefetching of multiple DataSet objects?
* Most DataSetIterators do, but in some cases it may not make sense to wrap this iterator in an
* iterator that does asynchronous prefetching. For example, it would not make sense to use asynchronous
* prefetching for the following types of iterators:
* (a) Iterators that store their full contents in memory already
* (b) Iterators that re-use features/labels arrays (as future next() calls will overwrite past contents)
* (c) Iterators that already implement some level of asynchronous prefetching
* (d) Iterators that may return different data depending on when the next() method is called
*
* @return true if asynchronous prefetching from this iterator is OK; false if asynchronous prefetching should not
* be used with this iterator
*/
boolean asyncSupported();
/**
* Resets the iterator back to the beginning
*/
void reset();
/**
* Batch size
*
* @return
*/
int batch();
/**
* Set a pre processor
*
* @param preProcessor a pre processor to set
*/
void setPreProcessor(DataSetPreProcessor preProcessor);
/**
* Returns preprocessors, if defined
*
* @return
*/
DataSetPreProcessor getPreProcessor();
/**
* Get dataset iterator class labels, if any.
* Note that implementations are not required to implement this, and can simply return null
*/
List getLabels();
}