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package org.nd4j.weightinit;
import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
/**
* Defines weight initialization for neural networks.
*
* Use {@link BaseWeightInitScheme}
* to create a new {@link WeightInitScheme}
* This is needed to handle things like the parameters view.
*
* @author Adam Gibson
*/
public interface WeightInitScheme {
/**
* Create the array
* @param shape the shape of the array
* @param paramsView the parameters view
* @return the created array
*/
INDArray create(long[] shape,INDArray paramsView);
/**
* Create the array
* @param shape the shape of the array
* @return the created array
*/
INDArray create(long... shape);
/**
* The order of the weight init
* @return
*/
char order();
/**
* The type of the weight init
* @return
*/
WeightInit type();
}