AbdealiJK 6f16f0ef58 Use bst_float consistently throughout (#1824)
* Fix various typos

* Add override to functions that are overridden

gcc gives warnings about functions that are being overridden by not
being marked as oveirridden. This fixes it.

* Use bst_float consistently

Use bst_float for all the variables that involve weight,
leaf value, gradient, hessian, gain, loss_chg, predictions,
base_margin, feature values.

In some cases, when due to additions and so on the value can
take a larger value, double is used.

This ensures that type conversions are minimal and reduces loss of
precision.
2016-11-30 10:02:10 -08:00

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/*!
* Copyright (c) 2015 by Contributors
* \file c_api.h
* \author Tianqi Chen
* \brief C API of XGBoost, used to interfacing with other languages.
*/
#ifndef XGBOOST_C_API_H_
#define XGBOOST_C_API_H_
#ifdef __cplusplus
#define XGB_EXTERN_C extern "C"
#endif
// XGBoost C API will include APIs in Rabit C API
XGB_EXTERN_C {
#include <stdio.h>
}
#include <rabit/c_api.h>
#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(_WIN32)
#define XGB_DLL XGB_EXTERN_C __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define XGB_DLL XGB_EXTERN_C
#endif
// manually define unsigned long
typedef uint64_t bst_ulong; // NOLINT(*)
/*! \brief handle to DMatrix */
typedef void *DMatrixHandle;
/*! \brief handle to Booster */
typedef void *BoosterHandle;
/*! \brief handle to a data iterator */
typedef void *DataIterHandle;
/*! \brief handle to a internal data holder. */
typedef void *DataHolderHandle;
/*! \brief Mini batch used in XGBoost Data Iteration */
typedef struct {
/*! \brief number of rows in the minibatch */
size_t size;
/*! \brief row pointer to the rows in the data */
#ifdef __APPLE__
/* Necessary as Java on MacOS defines jlong as long int
* and gcc defines int64_t as long long int. */
long* offset; // NOLINT(*)
#else
int64_t* offset; // NOLINT(*)
#endif
/*! \brief labels of each instance */
float* label;
/*! \brief weight of each instance, can be NULL */
float* weight;
/*! \brief feature index */
int* index;
/*! \brief feature values */
float* value;
} XGBoostBatchCSR;
/*!
* \brief Callback to set the data to handle,
* \param handle The handle to the callback.
* \param batch The data content to be setted.
*/
XGB_EXTERN_C typedef int XGBCallbackSetData(
DataHolderHandle handle, XGBoostBatchCSR batch);
/*!
* \brief The data reading callback function.
* The iterator will be able to give subset of batch in the data.
*
* If there is data, the function will call set_function to set the data.
*
* \param data_handle The handle to the callback.
* \param set_function The batch returned by the iterator
* \param set_function_handle The handle to be passed to set function.
* \return 0 if we are reaching the end and batch is not returned.
*/
XGB_EXTERN_C typedef int XGBCallbackDataIterNext(
DataIterHandle data_handle,
XGBCallbackSetData* set_function,
DataHolderHandle set_function_handle);
/*!
* \brief get string message of the last error
*
* all function in this file will return 0 when success
* and -1 when an error occurred,
* XGBGetLastError can be called to retrieve the error
*
* this function is thread safe and can be called by different thread
* \return const char* error information
*/
XGB_DLL const char *XGBGetLastError();
/*!
* \brief load a data matrix
* \param fname the name of the file
* \param silent whether print messages during loading
* \param out a loaded data matrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromFile(const char *fname,
int silent,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief Create a DMatrix from a data iterator.
* \param data_handle The handle to the data.
* \param callback The callback to get the data.
* \param cache_info Additional information about cache file, can be null.
* \param out The created DMatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens.
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromDataIter(
DataIterHandle data_handle,
XGBCallbackDataIterNext* callback,
const char* cache_info,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief create a matrix content from CSR format
* \param indptr pointer to row headers
* \param indices findex
* \param data fvalue
* \param nindptr number of rows in the matrix + 1
* \param nelem number of nonzero elements in the matrix
* \param num_col number of columns; when it's set to 0, then guess from data
* \param out created dmatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromCSREx(const size_t* indptr,
const unsigned* indices,
const float* data,
size_t nindptr,
size_t nelem,
size_t num_col,
DMatrixHandle* out);
/*!
* \deprecated
* \brief create a matrix content from CSR format
* \param indptr pointer to row headers
* \param indices findex
* \param data fvalue
* \param nindptr number of rows in the matrix + 1
* \param nelem number of nonzero elements in the matrix
* \param out created dmatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromCSR(const bst_ulong *indptr,
const unsigned *indices,
const float *data,
bst_ulong nindptr,
bst_ulong nelem,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief create a matrix content from CSC format
* \param col_ptr pointer to col headers
* \param indices findex
* \param data fvalue
* \param nindptr number of rows in the matrix + 1
* \param nelem number of nonzero elements in the matrix
* \param num_row number of rows; when it's set to 0, then guess from data
* \param out created dmatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromCSCEx(const size_t* col_ptr,
const unsigned* indices,
const float* data,
size_t nindptr,
size_t nelem,
size_t num_row,
DMatrixHandle* out);
/*!
* \deprecated
* \brief create a matrix content from CSC format
* \param col_ptr pointer to col headers
* \param indices findex
* \param data fvalue
* \param nindptr number of rows in the matrix + 1
* \param nelem number of nonzero elements in the matrix
* \param out created dmatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromCSC(const bst_ulong *col_ptr,
const unsigned *indices,
const float *data,
bst_ulong nindptr,
bst_ulong nelem,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief create matrix content from dense matrix
* \param data pointer to the data space
* \param nrow number of rows
* \param ncol number columns
* \param missing which value to represent missing value
* \param out created dmatrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixCreateFromMat(const float *data,
bst_ulong nrow,
bst_ulong ncol,
float missing,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief create a new dmatrix from sliced content of existing matrix
* \param handle instance of data matrix to be sliced
* \param idxset index set
* \param len length of index set
* \param out a sliced new matrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSliceDMatrix(DMatrixHandle handle,
const int *idxset,
bst_ulong len,
DMatrixHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief free space in data matrix
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixFree(void *handle);
/*!
* \brief load a data matrix into binary file
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param fname file name
* \param silent print statistics when saving
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSaveBinary(DMatrixHandle handle,
const char *fname, int silent);
/*!
* \brief set float vector to a content in info
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param field field name, can be label, weight
* \param array pointer to float vector
* \param len length of array
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
const char *field,
const float *array,
bst_ulong len);
/*!
* \brief set uint32 vector to a content in info
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param field field name
* \param array pointer to float vector
* \param len length of array
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetUIntInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
const char *field,
const unsigned *array,
bst_ulong len);
/*!
* \brief set label of the training matrix
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param group pointer to group size
* \param len length of array
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetGroup(DMatrixHandle handle,
const unsigned *group,
bst_ulong len);
/*!
* \brief get float info vector from matrix
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param field field name
* \param out_len used to set result length
* \param out_dptr pointer to the result
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixGetFloatInfo(const DMatrixHandle handle,
const char *field,
bst_ulong* out_len,
const float **out_dptr);
/*!
* \brief get uint32 info vector from matrix
* \param handle a instance of data matrix
* \param field field name
* \param out_len The length of the field.
* \param out_dptr pointer to the result
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixGetUIntInfo(const DMatrixHandle handle,
const char *field,
bst_ulong* out_len,
const unsigned **out_dptr);
/*!
* \brief get number of rows.
* \param handle the handle to the DMatrix
* \param out The address to hold number of rows.
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixNumRow(DMatrixHandle handle,
bst_ulong *out);
/*!
* \brief get number of columns
* \param handle the handle to the DMatrix
* \param out The output of number of columns
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixNumCol(DMatrixHandle handle,
bst_ulong *out);
// --- start XGBoost class
/*!
* \brief create xgboost learner
* \param dmats matrices that are set to be cached
* \param len length of dmats
* \param out handle to the result booster
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterCreate(const DMatrixHandle dmats[],
bst_ulong len,
BoosterHandle *out);
/*!
* \brief free obj in handle
* \param handle handle to be freed
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterFree(BoosterHandle handle);
/*!
* \brief set parameters
* \param handle handle
* \param name parameter name
* \param value value of parameter
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterSetParam(BoosterHandle handle,
const char *name,
const char *value);
/*!
* \brief update the model in one round using dtrain
* \param handle handle
* \param iter current iteration rounds
* \param dtrain training data
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterUpdateOneIter(BoosterHandle handle,
int iter,
DMatrixHandle dtrain);
/*!
* \brief update the model, by directly specify gradient and second order gradient,
* this can be used to replace UpdateOneIter, to support customized loss function
* \param handle handle
* \param dtrain training data
* \param grad gradient statistics
* \param hess second order gradient statistics
* \param len length of grad/hess array
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterBoostOneIter(BoosterHandle handle,
DMatrixHandle dtrain,
float *grad,
float *hess,
bst_ulong len);
/*!
* \brief get evaluation statistics for xgboost
* \param handle handle
* \param iter current iteration rounds
* \param dmats pointers to data to be evaluated
* \param evnames pointers to names of each data
* \param len length of dmats
* \param out_result the string containing evaluation statistics
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterEvalOneIter(BoosterHandle handle,
int iter,
DMatrixHandle dmats[],
const char *evnames[],
bst_ulong len,
const char **out_result);
/*!
* \brief make prediction based on dmat
* \param handle handle
* \param dmat data matrix
* \param option_mask bit-mask of options taken in prediction, possible values
* 0:normal prediction
* 1:output margin instead of transformed value
* 2:output leaf index of trees instead of leaf value, note leaf index is unique per tree
* \param ntree_limit limit number of trees used for prediction, this is only valid for boosted trees
* when the parameter is set to 0, we will use all the trees
* \param out_len used to store length of returning result
* \param out_result used to set a pointer to array
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterPredict(BoosterHandle handle,
DMatrixHandle dmat,
int option_mask,
unsigned ntree_limit,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const float **out_result);
/*!
* \brief load model from existing file
* \param handle handle
* \param fname file name
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterLoadModel(BoosterHandle handle,
const char *fname);
/*!
* \brief save model into existing file
* \param handle handle
* \param fname file name
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterSaveModel(BoosterHandle handle,
const char *fname);
/*!
* \brief load model from in memory buffer
* \param handle handle
* \param buf pointer to the buffer
* \param len the length of the buffer
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterLoadModelFromBuffer(BoosterHandle handle,
const void *buf,
bst_ulong len);
/*!
* \brief save model into binary raw bytes, return header of the array
* user must copy the result out, before next xgboost call
* \param handle handle
* \param out_len the argument to hold the output length
* \param out_dptr the argument to hold the output data pointer
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterGetModelRaw(BoosterHandle handle,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const char **out_dptr);
/*!
* \brief dump model, return array of strings representing model dump
* \param handle handle
* \param fmap name to fmap can be empty string
* \param with_stats whether to dump with statistics
* \param out_len length of output array
* \param out_dump_array pointer to hold representing dump of each model
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterDumpModel(BoosterHandle handle,
const char *fmap,
int with_stats,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const char ***out_dump_array);
/*!
* \brief dump model, return array of strings representing model dump
* \param handle handle
* \param fmap name to fmap can be empty string
* \param with_stats whether to dump with statistics
* \param format the format to dump the model in
* \param out_len length of output array
* \param out_dump_array pointer to hold representing dump of each model
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterDumpModelEx(BoosterHandle handle,
const char *fmap,
int with_stats,
const char *format,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const char ***out_dump_array);
/*!
* \brief dump model, return array of strings representing model dump
* \param handle handle
* \param fnum number of features
* \param fname names of features
* \param ftype types of features
* \param with_stats whether to dump with statistics
* \param out_len length of output array
* \param out_models pointer to hold representing dump of each model
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterDumpModelWithFeatures(BoosterHandle handle,
int fnum,
const char **fname,
const char **ftype,
int with_stats,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const char ***out_models);
/*!
* \brief dump model, return array of strings representing model dump
* \param handle handle
* \param fnum number of features
* \param fname names of features
* \param ftype types of features
* \param with_stats whether to dump with statistics
* \param format the format to dump the model in
* \param out_len length of output array
* \param out_models pointer to hold representing dump of each model
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterDumpModelExWithFeatures(BoosterHandle handle,
int fnum,
const char **fname,
const char **ftype,
int with_stats,
const char *format,
bst_ulong *out_len,
const char ***out_models);
/*!
* \brief Get string attribute from Booster.
* \param handle handle
* \param key The key of the attribute.
* \param out The result attribute, can be NULL if the attribute do not exist.
* \param success Whether the result is contained in out.
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterGetAttr(BoosterHandle handle,
const char* key,
const char** out,
int *success);
/*!
* \brief Set or delete string attribute.
*
* \param handle handle
* \param key The key of the attribute.
* \param value The value to be saved.
* If nullptr, the attribute would be deleted.
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterSetAttr(BoosterHandle handle,
const char* key,
const char* value);
/*!
* \brief Get the names of all attribute from Booster.
* \param handle handle
* \param out_len the argument to hold the output length
* \param out pointer to hold the output attribute stings
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterGetAttrNames(BoosterHandle handle,
bst_ulong* out_len,
const char*** out);
// --- Distributed training API----
// NOTE: functions in rabit/c_api.h will be also available in libxgboost.so
/*!
* \brief Initialize the booster from rabit checkpoint.
* This is used in distributed training API.
* \param handle handle
* \param version The output version of the model.
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterLoadRabitCheckpoint(
BoosterHandle handle,
int* version);
/*!
* \brief Save the current checkpoint to rabit.
* \param handle handle
* \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
*/
XGB_DLL int XGBoosterSaveRabitCheckpoint(BoosterHandle handle);
#endif // XGBOOST_C_API_H_