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#ifndef MXNET_KVSTORE_H_
#define MXNET_KVSTORE_H_
#include <dmlc/io.h>
#include <vector>
#include <utility>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <string>
#include <functional>
#include <atomic>
#include "./ndarray.h"
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
#include "ps/ps.h"
#endif  // MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE

namespace mxnet {
class KVStore {
 public:
  virtual ~KVStore() {}

  static KVStore *Create(const char *type = "local");

  inline const std::string& type() { return type_; }

  virtual void Init(const std::vector<int>& keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray>& values) = 0;
  virtual void Init(const std::vector<std::string>& str_keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray>& values) = 0;
  virtual void Push(const std::vector<int>& keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray>& values,
                    int priority = 0)  = 0;

  virtual void Push(const std::vector<std::string>& str_keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray>& values,
                    int priority = 0)  = 0;
  virtual void Pull(const std::vector<int>& keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray*>& values,
                    int priority = 0) = 0;
  virtual void Pull(const std::vector<std::string>& str_keys,
                    const std::vector<NDArray*>& values,
                    int priority = 0) = 0;

  virtual void PullRowSparse(const std::vector<int>& str_keys,
                             const std::vector<std::pair<NDArray*, NDArray>>& val_rowids,
                             int priority = 0) = 0;

  virtual void PullRowSparse(const std::vector<std::string>& str_keys,
                             const std::vector<std::pair<NDArray*, NDArray>>& val_rowids,
                             int priority = 0) = 0;

  typedef std::function<void(int, const NDArray&, NDArray*)> Updater;
  typedef std::function<void(const std::string&, const NDArray&, NDArray*)> StrUpdater;
  virtual void set_updater(const Updater& updater) {
    CHECK(updater) << "invalid updater";
    updater_ = updater;
  }
  virtual void set_updater(const StrUpdater& updater) {
    CHECK(updater) << "invalid updater";
    str_updater_ = updater;
  }

  /******************************************************
   * the following are used for multi-machines.
   ******************************************************/

  static void InitPSEnv(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& envs) {
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
    ps::Environment::Init(envs);
#else
    LOG(FATAL) << "compile with USE_DIST_KVSTORE=1 to init parameter server's environment";
#endif  // MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
  }

  static bool IsWorkerNode() {
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
    const char* role_str = ps::Environment::Get()->find("DMLC_ROLE");
    return (role_str == nullptr) || (!strcmp(role_str, "worker"));
#else
    return true;
#endif  // MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
  }

  static bool IsServerNode() {
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
    const char* role_str = ps::Environment::Get()->find("DMLC_ROLE");
    return (role_str != nullptr) && (!strcmp(role_str, "server"));
#else
    return false;
#endif  // MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
  }

  void set_barrier_before_exit(const bool barrier_before_exit) {
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
    if (!IsWorkerNode()) LOG(FATAL) << "barrier_before_exit takes effect only on worker nodes";
    barrier_before_exit_ = barrier_before_exit;
#else
    LOG(FATAL) << "compile with USE_DIST_KVSTORE=1 to enable barrier";
#endif
  }

  static bool IsSchedulerNode() {
#if MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
    const char* role_str = ps::Environment::Get()->find("DMLC_ROLE");
    return (role_str != nullptr) && (!strcmp(role_str, "scheduler"));
#else
    return false;
#endif  // MXNET_USE_DIST_KVSTORE
  }

  virtual int get_rank() const {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual int get_group_size() const {
    return 1;
  }

  virtual int get_num_dead_node(int node_id, int timeout = 60) const {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual void Barrier() { }

  virtual void SendCommandToServers(int cmd_id, const std::string& cmd_body) { }

  typedef std::function<void(int, const std::string&)> Controller;

  virtual void RunServer(const Controller& controller) { }

 protected:
  Updater updater_;

  StrUpdater str_updater_;

  std::string type_;

  std::atomic<bool> barrier_before_exit_{true};
};

}  // namespace mxnet
#endif  // MXNET_KVSTORE_H_