    // Copyright (C) 2008  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
    // License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
    #undef DLIB_SVm_THREADED_ABSTRACT_
    #ifdef DLIB_SVm_THREADED_ABSTRACT_

    #include "../matrix/matrix_abstract.h"
    #include "../algs.h"
    #include "../svm.h"

    namespace dlib
    {

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        template <
            typename trainer_type,
            typename in_sample_vector_type,
            typename in_scalar_vector_type
            >
        const matrix<typename trainer_type::scalar_type, 1, 2, typename trainer_type::mem_manager_type>
        cross_validate_trainer_threaded (
            const trainer_type& trainer,
            const in_sample_vector_type& x,
            const in_scalar_vector_type& y,
            const long folds,
            const long num_threads
        );
        /*!
            requires
                - is_binary_classification_problem(x,y) == true
                - 1 < folds <= x.nr()
                - trainer_type == some kind of trainer object (e.g. svm_nu_trainer)
                - num_threads > 0
            ensures
                - performs k-fold cross validation by using the given trainer to solve the
                  given binary classification problem for the given number of folds.
                  Each fold is tested using the output of the trainer and the average
                  classification accuracy from all folds is returned.
                - uses num_threads threads of execution in doing the cross validation.
                - The accuracy is returned in a row vector, let us call it R.  Both
                  quantities in R are numbers between 0 and 1 which represent the fraction
                  of examples correctly classified.  R(0) is the fraction of +1 examples
                  correctly classified and R(1) is the fraction of -1 examples correctly
                  classified.
                - The number of folds used is given by the folds argument.
            throws
                - any exceptions thrown by trainer.train()
                - std::bad_alloc
        !*/

    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    }

    #endif // DLIB_SVm_THREADED_ABSTRACT_