build.py

# encoding: utf-8
"""
@author:  liaoxingyu
@contact: sherlockliao01@gmail.com
"""

from ...utils.registry import Registry

BACKBONE_REGISTRY = Registry("BACKBONE")
BACKBONE_REGISTRY.__doc__ = """
Registry for backbones, which extract feature maps from images
The registered object must be a callable that accepts two arguments:
1. A :class:`fastreid.config.CfgNode`
It must returns an instance of :class:`Backbone`.
"""


def build_backbone(cfg):
    """
    Build a backbone from `cfg.MODEL.BACKBONE.NAME`.
    Returns:
        an instance of :class:`Backbone`
    """

    backbone_name = cfg.MODEL.BACKBONE.NAME
    backbone = BACKBONE_REGISTRY.get(backbone_name)(cfg)
    return backbone