1 /* Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
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29 * Author: mierle@gmail.com (Keir Mierle)
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.
35 * Currently this is a work in progress.
38 #ifndef CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_
39 #define CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_
41 #include "ceres/internal/port.h"
42 #include "ceres/internal/disable_warnings.h"
48 /* Init the Ceres private data. Must be called before anything else. */
49 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_init();
51 /* Equivalent to CostFunction::Evaluate() in the C++ API.
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().
56 typedef int (*ceres_cost_function_t)(void* user_data,
61 /* Equivalent to LossFunction::Evaluate() from the C++ API. */
62 typedef void (*ceres_loss_function_t)(void* user_data,
66 /* Create callback data for Ceres' stock loss functions.
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().
77 * void* cauchy_loss_function_data =
78 * ceres_create_cauchy_loss_function_data(1.2, 0.0);
79 * ceres_problem_add_residual_block(
82 * my_cost_function_data,
83 * ceres_stock_loss_function,
84 * cauchy_loss_function_data,
88 * parameter_pointers);
90 * ceres_free_stock_loss_function_data(cauchy_loss_function_data);
92 * See loss_function.h for the details of each loss function.
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);
100 /* Free the given stock loss function data. */
101 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_free_stock_loss_function_data(void* loss_function_data);
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,
112 /* Equivalent to Problem from the C++ API. */
113 struct ceres_problem_s;
114 typedef struct ceres_problem_s ceres_problem_t;
116 struct ceres_residual_block_id_s;
117 typedef struct ceres_residual_block_id_s ceres_residual_block_id_t;
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);
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,
132 int num_parameter_blocks,
133 int* parameter_block_sizes,
134 double** parameters);
136 CERES_EXPORT void ceres_solve(ceres_problem_t* problem);
138 /* TODO(keir): Figure out a way to pass a config in. */
144 #include "ceres/internal/reenable_warnings.h"
146 #endif /* CERES_PUBLIC_C_API_H_ */