//Static methods
/// <summary>
/// Creates the simplified configuration of the input encoder.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Supports only external input fields of the the real numbers.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="feedingCfg">The configuration of the input feeding.</param>
/// <param name="spikesCoderCfg">The configuration of the input spikes coder.</param>
/// <param name="extFieldNameCollection">The collection of the external input field names.</param>
/// <param name="routeToReadout">Specifies whether to route inputs to readout layer.</param>
public static InputEncoderSettings CreateInputCfg(IFeedingSettings feedingCfg,
InputSpikesCoderSettings spikesCoderCfg,
IEnumerable <string> extFieldNameCollection,
bool routeToReadout = true
)
{
if (feedingCfg == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("feedingCfg");
}
if (spikesCoderCfg == null)
{
spikesCoderCfg = new InputSpikesCoderSettings();
}
List <ExternalFieldSettings> extFieldCollection = new List <ExternalFieldSettings>();
foreach (string name in extFieldNameCollection)
{
extFieldCollection.Add(new ExternalFieldSettings(name, new RealFeatureFilterSettings(), routeToReadout));
}
ExternalFieldsSettings extFieldsCfg = new ExternalFieldsSettings(extFieldCollection);
VaryingFieldsSettings fieldsCfg = new VaryingFieldsSettings(spikesCoderCfg, extFieldsCfg, null, null, routeToReadout);
return(new InputEncoderSettings(feedingCfg, fieldsCfg));
}
//Constructors
/// <summary>
/// Creates an initialized instance
/// </summary>
/// <param name="feedingCfg">Input feeding settings</param>
/// <param name="varyingFieldsCfg">Varying input fields settings</param>
/// <param name="coordinatesCfg">Input placement in 3D space</param>
public InputEncoderSettings(IFeedingSettings feedingCfg,
VaryingFieldsSettings varyingFieldsCfg,
CoordinatesSettings coordinatesCfg = null
)
{
FeedingCfg = (IFeedingSettings)feedingCfg.DeepClone();
VaryingFieldsCfg = (VaryingFieldsSettings)varyingFieldsCfg.DeepClone();
CoordinatesCfg = coordinatesCfg == null ? new CoordinatesSettings() : (CoordinatesSettings)coordinatesCfg.DeepClone();
Check();
return;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates configuration of the InputEncoder.
/// Contains only external input fields.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="feedingCfg">Input feeding configuration</param>
/// <param name="routeToReadout">Specifies whether to route input values to readout</param>
/// <param name="externalFieldCfg">External input field configuration</param>
public static InputEncoderSettings CreateInputCfg(IFeedingSettings feedingCfg,
bool routeToReadout,
params ExternalFieldSettings[] externalFieldCfg
)
{
if (feedingCfg == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("feedingCfg");
}
return(new InputEncoderSettings(feedingCfg, new VaryingFieldsSettings(new ExternalFieldsSettings(externalFieldCfg), null, null, routeToReadout)));
}
