Estimator.scala

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package org.apache.spark.ml

import scala.annotation.varargs

import org.apache.spark.annotation.Since
import org.apache.spark.ml.param.{ParamMap, ParamPair}
import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset

/**
 * Abstract class for estimators that fit models to data.
 */
abstract class Estimator[M <: Model[M]] extends PipelineStage {

  /**
   * Fits a single model to the input data with optional parameters.
   *
   * @param dataset input dataset
   * @param firstParamPair the first param pair, overrides embedded params
   * @param otherParamPairs other param pairs.  These values override any specified in this
   *                        Estimator's embedded ParamMap.
   * @return fitted model
   */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  @varargs
  def fit(dataset: Dataset[_], firstParamPair: ParamPair[_], otherParamPairs: ParamPair[_]*): M = {
    val map = new ParamMap()
      .put(firstParamPair)
      .put(otherParamPairs: _*)
    fit(dataset, map)
  }

  /**
   * Fits a single model to the input data with provided parameter map.
   *
   * @param dataset input dataset
   * @param paramMap Parameter map.
   *                 These values override any specified in this Estimator's embedded ParamMap.
   * @return fitted model
   */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def fit(dataset: Dataset[_], paramMap: ParamMap): M = {
    copy(paramMap).fit(dataset)
  }

  /**
   * Fits a model to the input data.
   */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def fit(dataset: Dataset[_]): M

  /**
   * Fits multiple models to the input data with multiple sets of parameters.
   * The default implementation uses a for loop on each parameter map.
   * Subclasses could override this to optimize multi-model training.
   *
   * @param dataset input dataset
   * @param paramMaps An array of parameter maps.
   *                  These values override any specified in this Estimator's embedded ParamMap.
   * @return fitted models, matching the input parameter maps
   */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def fit(dataset: Dataset[_], paramMaps: Seq[ParamMap]): Seq[M] = {
    paramMaps.map(fit(dataset, _))
  }

  override def copy(extra: ParamMap): Estimator[M]
}