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package org.encog.neural.networks.synapse;

import org.encog.mathutil.matrices.Matrix;
import org.encog.neural.NeuralNetworkError;
import org.encog.neural.data.NeuralData;
import org.encog.neural.networks.layers.Layer;
import org.encog.persist.EncogCollection;
import org.encog.persist.Persistor;
import org.encog.persist.persistors.DirectSynapsePersistor;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A direct synapse will present the entire input array to each of the directly
 * connected neurons in the next layer. This layer type is useful when building
 * a radial basis neural network.
 * 
 * This synapse type is not teachable.
 * 
 * @author jheaton
 * 
 */
public class DirectSynapse extends BasicSynapse {

	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -3495349786238542641L;
	/**
	 * The logging object.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	private final transient Logger logger = 
		LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());

	/**
	 * Simple default constructor.
	 */
	public DirectSynapse() {

	}

	/**
	 * Construct a direct synapse between the two specified layers.
	 * 
	 * @param fromLayer
	 *            The starting layer.
	 * @param toLayer
	 *            The ending layer.
	 */
	public DirectSynapse(final Layer fromLayer, final Layer toLayer) {
		setFromLayer(fromLayer);
		setToLayer(toLayer);
	}

	/**
	 * @return A clone of this object.
	 */
	@Override
	public Object clone() {
		final DirectSynapse result = new DirectSynapse(getFromLayer(),
				getToLayer());
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Compute the output from this synapse.
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            The input to this synapse.
	 * @return The output is the same as the input.
	 */
	public NeuralData compute(final NeuralData input) {
		return input;
	}

	/**
	 * Create a persistor for this type of synapse.
	 * 
	 * @return A persistor.
	 */
	public Persistor createPersistor() {
		return new DirectSynapsePersistor();
	}

	/**
	 * @return null, this synapse type has no matrix.
	 */
	public Matrix getMatrix() {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * @return 0, this synapse type has no matrix.
	 */
	public int getMatrixSize() {
		return 0;
	}

	/**
	 * @return The type of synapse that this is.
	 */
	public SynapseType getType() {
		return SynapseType.Direct;
	}

	/**
	 * @return False, because this type of synapse is not teachable.
	 */
	public boolean isTeachable() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Attempt to set the matrix for this layer. This will throw an error,
	 * because this layer type does not have a matrix.
	 * 
	 * @param matrix
	 *            Not used.
	 */
	public void setMatrix(final Matrix matrix) {
		throw new NeuralNetworkError(
				"Can't set the matrix for a DirectSynapse");
	}

}