ceres-solver/internal/ceres/gradient_checking_cost_function.h

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#ifndef CERES_INTERNAL_GRADIENT_CHECKING_COST_FUNCTION_H_
#define CERES_INTERNAL_GRADIENT_CHECKING_COST_FUNCTION_H_

#include <string>

#include "ceres/cost_function.h"
#include "ceres/iteration_callback.h"
#include "ceres/local_parameterization.h"
#include "ceres/mutex.h"

namespace ceres {
namespace internal {

class ProblemImpl;

// Callback that collects information about gradient checking errors, and
// will abort the solve as soon as an error occurs.
class GradientCheckingIterationCallback : public IterationCallback {
 public:
  GradientCheckingIterationCallback();

  // Will return SOLVER_CONTINUE until a gradient error has been detected,
  // then return SOLVER_ABORT.
  virtual CallbackReturnType operator()(const IterationSummary& summary);

  // Notify this that a gradient error has occurred (thread safe).
  void SetGradientErrorDetected(std::string& error_log);

  // Retrieve error status (not thread safe).
  bool gradient_error_detected() const { return gradient_error_detected_; }
  const std::string& error_log() const { return error_log_; }
 private:
  bool gradient_error_detected_;
  std::string error_log_;
  // Mutex protecting member variables.
  ceres::internal::Mutex mutex_;
};

// Creates a CostFunction that checks the Jacobians that cost_function computes
// with finite differences. This API is only intended for unit tests that intend
// to  check the functionality of the GradientCheckingCostFunction
// implementation directly.
CostFunction* CreateGradientCheckingCostFunction(
    const CostFunction* cost_function,
    const std::vector<const LocalParameterization*>* local_parameterizations,
    double relative_step_size,
    double relative_precision,
    const std::string& extra_info,
    GradientCheckingIterationCallback* callback);

// Create a new ProblemImpl object from the input problem_impl, where all
// cost functions are wrapped so that each time their Evaluate method is called,
// an additional check is performed that compares the Jacobians computed by
// the original cost function with alternative Jacobians computed using
// numerical differentiation. If local parameterizations are given for any
// parameters, the Jacobians will be compared in the local space instead of the
// ambient space. For details on the gradient checking procedure, see the
// documentation of the GradientChecker class. If an error is detected in any
// iteration, the respective cost function will notify the
// GradientCheckingIterationCallback.
//
// The caller owns the returned ProblemImpl object.
//
// Note: This is quite inefficient and is intended only for debugging.
//
// relative_step_size and relative_precision are parameters to control
// the numeric differentiation and the relative tolerance between the
// jacobian computed by the CostFunctions in problem_impl and
// jacobians obtained by numerically differentiating them. See the
// documentation of 'numeric_derivative_relative_step_size' in solver.h for a
// better explanation.
ProblemImpl* CreateGradientCheckingProblemImpl(
    ProblemImpl* problem_impl,
    double relative_step_size,
    double relative_precision,
    GradientCheckingIterationCallback* callback);

}  // namespace internal
}  // namespace ceres

#endif  // CERES_INTERNAL_GRADIENT_CHECKING_COST_FUNCTION_H_