mosesdecoder/moses/src/TargetPhraseCollection.cpp

// $Id$

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Moses - factored phrase-based language decoder
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#include <algorithm>
#include "TargetPhraseCollection.h"

using namespace std;

namespace Moses
{
// helper for sort
struct CompareTargetPhrase
{
 	bool operator() (const TargetPhrase *a, const TargetPhrase *b)
  {
 		return a->GetFutureScore() > b->GetFutureScore();
 	}
};

void TargetPhraseCollection::NthElement(size_t tableLimit)
{
  vector<TargetPhrase*>::iterator 
  	iterMiddle = (tableLimit == 0 || m_collection.size() < tableLimit) ?m_collection.end() : m_collection.begin() + tableLimit;
  
	//std::sort(m_collection.begin(), m_collection.end(), CompareTargetPhrase());
  std::nth_element(m_collection.begin(), iterMiddle, m_collection.end(), CompareTargetPhrase());
}

}