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1 /* Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
2  * Copyright 2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
3  * http://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/
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28  *
29  * Author: mierle@gmail.com (Keir Mierle)
30  *
31  * A minimal C API for Ceres. Not all functionality is included. This API is
32  * not intended for clients of Ceres, but is instead intended for easing the
33  * process of binding Ceres to other languages.
34  *
35  * Currently this is a work in progress.
36  */
37 
38 #ifndef CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_
39 #define CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_
40 
41 #include "ceres/internal/port.h"
42 #include "ceres/internal/disable_warnings.h"
43 
44 #ifdef __cplusplus
45 extern "C" {
46 #endif
47 
48 /* Init the Ceres private data. Must be called before anything else. */
49 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_init();
50 
51 /* Equivalent to CostFunction::Evaluate() in the C++ API.
52  *
53  * The user may keep private information inside the opaque user_data object.
54  * The pointer here is the same one passed in the ceres_add_residual_block().
55  */
56 typedef int (*ceres_cost_function_t)(void* user_data,
57                                      double** parameters,
58                                      double* residuals,
59                                      double** jacobians);
60 
61 /* Equivalent to LossFunction::Evaluate() from the C++ API. */
62 typedef void (*ceres_loss_function_t)(void* user_data,
63                                       double squared_norm,
64                                       double out[3]);
65 
66 /* Create callback data for Ceres' stock loss functions.
67  *
68  * Ceres has several loss functions available by default, and these functions
69  * expose those to the C API. To use the stock loss functions, call
70  * ceres_create_*_loss_data(), which internally creates an instance of one of
71  * the stock loss functions (for example ceres::CauchyLoss), and pass the
72  * returned "loss_function_data" along with the ceres_stock_loss_function to
73  * ceres_add_residual_block().
74  *
75  * For example:
76  *
77  *   void* cauchy_loss_function_data =
78  *       ceres_create_cauchy_loss_function_data(1.2, 0.0);
79  *   ceres_problem_add_residual_block(
80  *       problem,
81  *       my_cost_function,
82  *       my_cost_function_data,
83  *       ceres_stock_loss_function,
84  *       cauchy_loss_function_data,
85  *       1,
86  *       2,
87  *       parameter_sizes,
88  *       parameter_pointers);
89  *    ...
90  *    ceres_free_stock_loss_function_data(cauchy_loss_function_data);
91  *
92  * See loss_function.h for the details of each loss function.
93  */
94 CERES_EXPORT void* ceres_create_huber_loss_function_data(double a);
95 CERES_EXPORT void* ceres_create_softl1_loss_function_data(double a);
96 CERES_EXPORT void* ceres_create_cauchy_loss_function_data(double a);
97 CERES_EXPORT void* ceres_create_arctan_loss_function_data(double a);
98 CERES_EXPORT void* ceres_create_tolerant_loss_function_data(double a, double b);
99 
100 /* Free the given stock loss function data. */
101 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_free_stock_loss_function_data(void* loss_function_data);
102 
103 /* This is an implementation of ceres_loss_function_t contained within Ceres
104  * itself, intended as a way to access the various stock Ceres loss functions
105  * from the C API. This should be passed to ceres_add_residual() below, in
106  * combination with a user_data pointer generated by
107  * ceres_create_stock_loss_function() above. */
108 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_stock_loss_function(void* user_data,
109                                             double squared_norm,
110                                             double out[3]);
111 
112 /* Equivalent to Problem from the C++ API. */
113 struct ceres_problem_s;
114 typedef struct ceres_problem_s ceres_problem_t;
115 
116 struct ceres_residual_block_id_s;
117 typedef struct ceres_residual_block_id_s ceres_residual_block_id_t;
118 
119 /* Create and destroy a problem */
120 /* TODO(keir): Add options for the problem. */
121 CERES_EXPORT ceres_problem_t* ceres_create_problem();
122 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_free_problem(ceres_problem_t* problem);
123 
124 /* Add a residual block. */
125 CERES_EXPORT ceres_residual_block_id_t* ceres_problem_add_residual_block(
126     ceres_problem_t* problem,
127     ceres_cost_function_t cost_function,
128     void* cost_function_data,
129     ceres_loss_function_t loss_function,
130     void* loss_function_data,
131     int num_residuals,
132     int num_parameter_blocks,
133     int* parameter_block_sizes,
134     double** parameters);
135 
136 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_solve(ceres_problem_t* problem);
137 
138 /* TODO(keir): Figure out a way to pass a config in. */
139 
140 #ifdef __cplusplus
141 }
142 #endif
143 
144 #include "ceres/internal/reenable_warnings.h"
145 
146 #endif  /* CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_ */
147