ClassifierFactory.h

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// @(#)Root/tmva $Id$   
// Author: Andreas Hoecker, Joerg Stelzer, Helge Voss, Kai Voss 

/**********************************************************************************
 * Project: TMVA - a Root-integrated toolkit for multivariate data analysis       *
 * Package: TMVA                                                                  *
 * Class  : Factory                                                               *
 * Web    : http://tmva.sourceforge.net                                           *
 *                                                                                *
 * Description:                                                                   *
 * This template creates ClassifierFactory stores creator functors                *
 * to template parameter class. ClassifierFactory is a singelton class            *
 * which is explicitly deleted.                                                   *
 *                                                                                *
 * Authors (alphabetical):                                                        *
 *      Joerg Stelzer   <stelzer@cern.ch>        - DESY, Germany                  *
 *                                                                                *
 * Copyright (c) 2008:                                                            *
 *      DESY, Germany                                                             * 
 *                                                                                *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without             *
 * modification, are permitted according to the terms listed in LICENSE           *
 * (http://tmva.sourceforge.net/LICENSE)                                          *
 **********************************************************************************/

#ifndef ROOT_TMVA_ClassifierFactory
#define ROOT_TMVA_ClassifierFactory

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///
/// Abstract ClassifierFactory template that handles arbitrary types
/// 
/// This template creates ClassifierFactory stores creator functors
/// to template parameter class. ClassifierFactory is a singelton class
/// which is explicitly deleted.
///
/// Source: Andrei Alexandrescu, Modern C++ Design
///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// C++
#include <map> 
#include <string>
#include <vector>

// Local
#include "TString.h"


namespace TMVA {

   class IMethod;
   class DataSetInfo;
   
   class ClassifierFactory {       

   public:
      
      // typedef for functor that creates object of class IMethod
      typedef IMethod* (*Creator)(const TString& job, const TString& title,
                                  DataSetInfo& dsi, const TString& option ); 
      
   public:
      
      static ClassifierFactory& Instance();
      static void               DestroyInstance();
      
      Bool_t   Register  ( const std::string &name, Creator creator ); 
      Bool_t   Unregister( const std::string &name );

      IMethod* Create    ( const std::string &name,
                           const TString& job,
                           const TString& title,
                           DataSetInfo& dsi,
                           const TString& option ); 
      IMethod* Create    ( const std::string &name,
                           DataSetInfo& dsi,
                           const TString& weightfile ="" ); 
      
      const std::vector<std::string> List() const;
 
      void Print() const;

   private:

      // must use Instance() method to access/create ClassifierFactory
      ClassifierFactory() {}
      ~ClassifierFactory() {}

      // ClassifierFactory is singleton and can not be copied
      // These two methods are private and not defined by design
      ClassifierFactory( const ClassifierFactory& );
      const ClassifierFactory& operator =(const ClassifierFactory& );
      
   private: 
      
      static ClassifierFactory *fgInstance; 
      typedef std::map<std::string, Creator> CallMap; 
      
      CallMap fCalls;       
   };
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///
/// for example
///
/// REGISTER_METHOD(Fisher)
/// 
/// expands to this code:
///
/// namespace
/// {
///    TMVA::IMethod* CreateMethod()
///    {
///       return (TMVA::IMethod*) new TMVA::MethodFisher;
///    }
///    Bool_t RegisteredMethod = TMVA::ClassifierFactory<TMVA::MethodBase>::Instance(). 
///       Register("Method", CreateMethodFisher);
/// }
///
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#define REGISTER_METHOD(CLASS)                                          \
   namespace                                                            \
   {                                                                    \
      struct RegisterTMVAMethod {                                       \
         static TMVA::IMethod* CreateMethod##CLASS(const TString& job, const TString& title, TMVA::DataSetInfo& dsi, const TString& option) \
         {                                                              \
            if(job=="" && title=="") {                                  \
               return (TMVA::IMethod*) new TMVA::Method##CLASS(dsi, option); \
            } else {                                                    \
               return (TMVA::IMethod*) new TMVA::Method##CLASS(job, title, dsi, option); \
            }                                                           \
         }                                                              \
         RegisterTMVAMethod() {                                         \
            TMVA::ClassifierFactory::Instance(). Register(#CLASS, CreateMethod##CLASS); \
            TMVA::Types::Instance().AddTypeMapping(TMVA::Types::k##CLASS, #CLASS); \
         }                                                              \
      };                                                                \
      static RegisterTMVAMethod RegisterTMVAMethod_instance;            \
   }


#endif