mosesdecoder/mira/Decoder.h

/***********************************************************************
Moses - factored phrase-based language decoder
Copyright (C) 2010 University of Edinburgh

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***********************************************************************/
#ifndef _MIRA_DECODER_H_
#define _MIRA_DECODER_H_

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>


#include "Hypothesis.h"
#include "Parameter.h"
#include "Sentence.h"
#include "SearchNormal.h"
#include "StaticData.h"
#include "TrellisPathList.h"
#include "TranslationOptionCollectionText.h"

//
// Wrapper functions and objects for the decoder.
//

namespace Mira {
  
typedef std::vector<const Moses::Factor*> Translation;

/**
 * Initialise moses (including StaticData) using the given ini file and debuglevel, passing through any 
 * other command line arguments. This must be called, even if the moses decoder is not being used, as the
 * sampler requires the moses tables.
 **/
void initMoses(const std::string& inifile, int debuglevel,  int argc=0, char** argv=NULL );


/**
  * Wrapper around any decoder.
  **/
class Decoder {
  public:
    virtual void getNBest(const std::string& source, size_t count, Moses::TrellisPathList& sentences) = 0;
    virtual ~Decoder();
};
/**
  * Wraps moses decoder.
 **/
class MosesDecoder : public Decoder {
  public:
    MosesDecoder()  {}
    virtual void getNBest(const std::string& source, size_t count, Moses::TrellisPathList& sentences);
};


} //namespace

#endif