# pylint: disable=fixme, invalid-name, too-many-arguments, too-many-locals, too-many-lines
# pylint: disable=too-many-branches, too-many-statements
"""MXNet model module"""
from __future__ import absolute_import

import time
import logging
from collections import namedtuple
import numpy as np

from . import io
from . import nd
from . import symbol as sym
from . import optimizer as opt
from . import metric
from . import kvstore as kvs
from .context import Context, cpu
from .initializer import Uniform
from .optimizer import get_updater
from .executor_manager import DataParallelExecutorManager, _check_arguments, _load_data

BASE_ESTIMATOR = object

try:
    from sklearn.base import BaseEstimator
    BASE_ESTIMATOR = BaseEstimator
except ImportError:
    SKLEARN_INSTALLED = False

# Parameter to pass to batch_end_callback
BatchEndParam = namedtuple('BatchEndParams',
                           ['epoch',
                            'nbatch',
                            'eval_metric',
                            'locals'])

def _create_kvstore(kvstore, num_device, arg_params):
    """Create kvstore
    This function select and create a proper kvstore if given the kvstore type

    Parameters
    ----------
    kvstore : KVStore or str
        The kvstore
    num_device : int
        The number of devices
    arg_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's weights.
    """
    update_on_kvstore = True
    if kvstore is None:
        kv = None
    elif isinstance(kvstore, kvs.KVStore):
        kv = kvstore
    elif isinstance(kvstore, str):
        # create kvstore using the string type
        if num_device is 1 and 'dist' not in kvstore:
            # no need to use kv for single device and single machine
            kv = None
        else:
            kv = kvs.create(kvstore)
            if kvstore is 'local':
            # automatically select a proper local
                max_size = max(np.prod(param.shape) for param in
                               arg_params.values())
                if max_size > 1024 * 1024 * 16:
                    update_on_kvstore = False
    else:
        raise TypeError('kvstore must be KVStore, str or None')

    if kv is None:
        update_on_kvstore = False

    return (kv, update_on_kvstore)

def _initialize_kvstore(kvstore, param_arrays, arg_params, param_names,
                        update_on_kvstore):
    """ Initialize kvstore"""
    for idx, param_on_devs in enumerate(param_arrays):
        kvstore.init(idx, arg_params[param_names[idx]])

        if update_on_kvstore:
            kvstore.pull(idx, param_on_devs, priority=-idx)

def _update_params_on_kvstore(param_arrays, grad_arrays, kvstore):
    """ Perform update of param_arrays from grad_arrays on kvstore."""
    for index, pair in enumerate(zip(param_arrays, grad_arrays)):
        arg_list, grad_list = pair
        if grad_list[0] is None:
            continue
        # push gradient, priority is negative index
        kvstore.push(index, grad_list, priority=-index)
        # pull back the weights
        kvstore.pull(index, arg_list, priority=-index)

def _update_params(param_arrays, grad_arrays, updater, num_device,
                   kvstore=None):
    """ Perform update of param_arrays from grad_arrays not on kvstore."""
    for index, pair in enumerate(zip(param_arrays, grad_arrays)):
        arg_list, grad_list = pair
        if grad_list[0] is None:
            continue
        if kvstore:
            # push gradient, priority is negative index
            kvstore.push(index, grad_list, priority=-index)
            # pull back the sum gradients, to the same locations.
            kvstore.pull(index, grad_list, priority=-index)
        for k, p in enumerate(zip(arg_list, grad_list)):
            # faked an index here, to make optimizer create diff
            # state for the same index but on diff devs, TODO(mli)
            # use a better solution latter
            w, g = p
            updater(index*num_device+k, g, w)

def _train_multi_device(symbol, ctx, arg_names, param_names, aux_names,
                        arg_params, aux_params,
                        begin_epoch, end_epoch, epoch_size, optimizer,
                        kvstore, update_on_kvstore,
                        train_data, eval_data=None, eval_metric=None,
                        epoch_end_callback=None, batch_end_callback=None,
                        logger=None, work_load_list=None, monitor=None,
                        eval_batch_end_callback=None, sym_gen=None):
    """Internal training function on multiple devices.
    This function will also work for single device as well.
    Parameters
    ----------
    symbol : Symbol
        The network configuration
    ctx : list of Context
        The training devices.
    arg_names: list of str
        Name of all arguments of the network.
    param_names: list of str
        Name of all trainable parameters of the network.
    aux_names: list of str
        Name of all auxiliary states of the network.
    arg_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's weights.
    aux_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's auxiliary states.
    begin_epoch : int
        The begining training epoch.
    end_epoch : int
        The end training epoch.
    epoch_size : int, optional
        Number of batches in a epoch. In default, it is set to
        ceil(num_train_examples / batch_size)
    optimizer : Optimizer
        The optimization algorithm
    train_data : DataIter
        Training data iterator.
    eval_data : DataIter
        Validation data iterator.
    eval_metric : EvalMetric
        An evaluation function or a list of evaluation functions.
    epoch_end_callback : callable(epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_states)
        A callback that is invoked at end of each epoch.
        This can be used to checkpoint model each epoch.
    batch_end_callback : callable(BatchEndParams)
        A callback that is invoked at end of each batch.
        This can be used to measure speed, get result from evaluation metric. etc.
    kvstore : KVStore
        The KVStore
    update_on_kvstore : bool
        whether or not perform weight updating on kvstore
    logger : logging logger
        When not specified, default logger will be used.
    work_load_list : list of float or int, optional
        The list of work load for different devices,
        in the same order as ctx
    monitor : Monitor, optional
        Monitor installed to executor,
        for monitoring outputs, weights, and gradients for debugging.
    Notes
    -----
    - This function will inplace update the NDArrays in arg_params and aux_states.
    """
    if logger is None:
        logger = logging
    executor_manager = DataParallelExecutorManager(symbol=symbol,
                                                   sym_gen=sym_gen,
                                                   ctx=ctx,
                                                   train_data=train_data,
                                                   param_names=param_names,
                                                   arg_names=arg_names,
                                                   aux_names=aux_names,
                                                   work_load_list=work_load_list,
                                                   logger=logger)
    if monitor:
        executor_manager.install_monitor(monitor)

    executor_manager.set_params(arg_params, aux_params)

    if not update_on_kvstore:
        updater = get_updater(optimizer)

    if kvstore:
        _initialize_kvstore(kvstore=kvstore,
                            param_arrays=executor_manager.param_arrays,
                            arg_params=arg_params,
                            param_names=executor_manager.param_names,
                            update_on_kvstore=update_on_kvstore)

    if update_on_kvstore:
        kvstore.set_optimizer(optimizer)

    # Now start training
    train_data.reset()
    for epoch in range(begin_epoch, end_epoch):
        # Training phase
        tic = time.time()
        eval_metric.reset()
        nbatch = 0
        # Iterate over training data.
        while True:
            do_reset = True
            for data_batch in train_data:
                executor_manager.load_data_batch(data_batch)

                if monitor is not None:
                    monitor.tic()

                executor_manager.forward(is_train=True)
                executor_manager.backward()

                if update_on_kvstore:
                    _update_params_on_kvstore(executor_manager.param_arrays,
                                              executor_manager.grad_arrays,
                                              kvstore)
                else:
                    _update_params(executor_manager.param_arrays,
                                   executor_manager.grad_arrays,
                                   updater=updater,
                                   num_device=len(ctx),
                                   kvstore=kvstore)

                if monitor is not None:
                    monitor.toc_print()

                # evaluate at end, so we can lazy copy
                executor_manager.update_metric(eval_metric, data_batch.label)

                nbatch += 1
                # batch callback (for print purpose)
                if batch_end_callback != None:
                    batch_end_params = BatchEndParam(epoch=epoch,
                                                     nbatch=nbatch,
                                                     eval_metric=eval_metric,
                                                     locals=locals())
                    if isinstance(batch_end_callback, list):
                        for call in batch_end_callback:
                            call(batch_end_params)
                    else:
                        batch_end_callback(batch_end_params)

                # this epoch is done possibly earlier
                if epoch_size is not None and nbatch >= epoch_size:
                    do_reset = False
                    break

            if do_reset:
                logger.info('Epoch[%d] Resetting Data Iterator', epoch)
                train_data.reset()

            # this epoch is done
            if epoch_size is None or nbatch >= epoch_size:
                break

        toc = time.time()
        logger.info('Epoch[%d] Time cost=%.3f', epoch, (toc - tic))

        if epoch_end_callback or epoch + 1 == end_epoch:
            executor_manager.copy_to(arg_params, aux_params)

        if epoch_end_callback != None:
            if isinstance(epoch_end_callback, list):
                for call in epoch_end_callback:
                    call(epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_params)
            else:
                epoch_end_callback(epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_params)

        # evaluation
        if eval_data:
            eval_metric.reset()
            eval_data.reset()
            for i, eval_batch in enumerate(eval_data):
                executor_manager.load_data_batch(eval_batch)
                executor_manager.forward(is_train=False)
                executor_manager.update_metric(eval_metric, eval_batch.label)
                if eval_batch_end_callback != None:
                    batch_end_params = BatchEndParam(epoch=epoch,
                                                     nbatch=i,
                                                     eval_metric=eval_metric,
                                                     locals=locals())
                    if isinstance(eval_batch_end_callback, list):
                        for call in eval_batch_end_callback:
                            call(batch_end_params)
                    else:
                        eval_batch_end_callback(batch_end_params)
            name_value = eval_metric.get_name_value()
            for name, value in name_value:
                logger.info('Epoch[%d] Validation-%s=%f', epoch, name, value)
            eval_data.reset()
    # end of all epochs
    return


def save_checkpoint(prefix, epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_params):
    """Checkpoint the model data into file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    prefix : str
        Prefix of model name.
    epoch : int
        The epoch number of the model.
    symbol : Symbol
        The input symbol
    arg_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's weights.
    aux_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's auxiliary states.
    Notes
    -----
    - ``prefix-symbol.json`` will be saved for symbol.
    - ``prefix-epoch.params`` will be saved for parameters.
    """
    symbol.save('%s-symbol.json' % prefix)
    save_dict = {('arg:%s' % k) : v for k, v in arg_params.items()}
    save_dict.update({('aux:%s' % k) : v for k, v in aux_params.items()})
    param_name = '%s-%04d.params' % (prefix, epoch)
    nd.save(param_name, save_dict)
    logging.info('Saved checkpoint to \"%s\"', param_name)


def load_checkpoint(prefix, epoch):
    """Load model checkpoint from file.

    Parameters
    ----------
    prefix : str
        Prefix of model name.
    epoch : int
        Epoch number of model we would like to load.

    Returns
    -------
    symbol : Symbol
        The symbol configuration of computation network.
    arg_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's weights.
    aux_params : dict of str to NDArray
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's auxiliary states.

    Notes
    -----
    - symbol will be loaded from ``prefix-symbol.json``.
    - parameters will be loaded from ``prefix-epoch.params``.
    """
    symbol = sym.load('%s-symbol.json' % prefix)
    save_dict = nd.load('%s-%04d.params' % (prefix, epoch))
    arg_params = {}
    aux_params = {}
    for k, v in save_dict.items():
        tp, name = k.split(':', 1)
        if tp == 'arg':
            arg_params[name] = v
        if tp == 'aux':
            aux_params[name] = v
    return (symbol, arg_params, aux_params)


class FeedForward(BASE_ESTIMATOR):
    """Model class of MXNet for training and predicting feedforward nets.
    This class is designed for a single-data single output supervised network.

    Parameters
    ----------
    symbol : Symbol
        The symbol configuration of computation network.
    ctx : Context or list of Context, optional
        The device context of training and prediction.
        To use multi GPU training, pass in a list of gpu contexts.
    num_epoch : int, optional
        Training parameter, number of training epochs(epochs).
    epoch_size : int, optional
        Number of batches in a epoch. In default, it is set to
        ceil(num_train_examples / batch_size)
    optimizer : str or Optimizer, optional
        Training parameter, name or optimizer object for training.
    initializer : initializer function, optional
        Training parameter, the initialization scheme used.
    numpy_batch_size : int, optional
        The batch size of training data.
        Only needed when input array is numpy.
    arg_params : dict of str to NDArray, optional
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's weights.
    aux_params : dict of str to NDArray, optional
        Model parameter, dict of name to NDArray of net's auxiliary states.
    allow_extra_params : boolean, optional
        Whether allow extra parameters that are not needed by symbol
        to be passed by aux_params and arg_params.
        If this is True, no error will be thrown when aux_params and arg_params
        contain extra parameters than needed.
    begin_epoch : int, optional
        The begining training epoch.
    kwargs : dict
        The additional keyword arguments passed to optimizer.
    """
    def __init__(self, symbol, ctx=None,
                 num_epoch=None, epoch_size=None, optimizer='sgd',
                 initializer=Uniform(0.01),
                 numpy_batch_size=128,
                 arg_params=None, aux_params=None,
                 allow_extra_params=False,
                 begin_epoch=0,
                 **kwargs):

        if isinstance(symbol, sym.Symbol):
            self.symbol = symbol
            self.sym_gen = None
        else:
            assert(callable(symbol))
            self.symbol = None
            self.sym_gen = symbol

        # model parameters
        self.arg_params = arg_params
        self.aux_params = aux_params
        self.allow_extra_params = allow_extra_params

        self.argument_checked = False
        if self.sym_gen is None:
            self._check_arguments()

        # basic configuration
        if ctx is None:
            ctx = [cpu()]
        elif isinstance(ctx, Context):
            ctx = [ctx]
        self.ctx = ctx
        # training parameters
        self.num_epoch = num_epoch
        self.epoch_size = epoch_size
        self.kwargs = kwargs.copy()
        self.optimizer = optimizer
        self.initializer = initializer
        self.numpy_batch_size = numpy_batch_size
        # internal helper state
        self._pred_exec = None
        self.begin_epoch = begin_epoch

    def _check_arguments(self):
        """verify the argument of the default symbol and user provided parameters"""
        if self.argument_checked:
            return

        assert(self.symbol is not None)
        self.argument_checked = True

        # check if symbol contain duplicated names.
        _check_arguments(self.symbol)
        # rematch parameters to delete useless ones
        if self.allow_extra_params:
            if self.arg_params:
                arg_names = set(self.symbol.list_arguments())
                self.arg_params = {k : v for k, v in self.arg_params.items()
                                   if k in arg_names}
            if self.aux_params:
                aux_names = set(self.symbol.list_auxiliary_states())
                self.aux_params = {k : v for k, v in self.aux_params.items()
                                   if k in aux_names}


    @staticmethod
    def _is_data_arg(name):
        """Check if name is a data argument."""
        return name.endswith('data') or name.endswith('label')

    def _init_params(self, input_shapes, overwrite=False):
        """Initialize weight parameters and auxiliary states"""
        arg_shapes, _, aux_shapes = self.symbol.infer_shape(**input_shapes)
        assert(arg_shapes is not None)

        arg_names = self.symbol.list_arguments()
        input_names = input_shapes.keys()
        param_names = [key for key in arg_names if key not in input_names]
        aux_names = self.symbol.list_auxiliary_states()

        param_name_shapes = [x for x in zip(arg_names, arg_shapes) if x[0] in param_names]
        arg_params = {k : nd.zeros(s) for k, s in param_name_shapes}
        aux_params = {k : nd.zeros(s) for k, s in zip(aux_names, aux_shapes)}

        for k, v in arg_params.items():
            if self.arg_params and k in self.arg_params and (not overwrite):
                arg_params[k][:] = self.arg_params[k][:]
            else:
                self.initializer(k, v)

        for k, v in aux_params.items():
            if self.aux_params and k in self.aux_params and (not overwrite):
                aux_params[k][:] = self.aux_params[k][:]
            else:
                self.initializer(k, v)

        self.arg_params = arg_params
        self.aux_params = aux_params
        return (arg_names, list(param_names), aux_names)

    def __getstate__(self):
        this = self.__dict__.copy()
        this['_pred_exec'] = None
        return this

    def __setstate__(self, state):
        self.__dict__.update(state)

    def _init_predictor(self, input_shapes):
        """Initialize the predictor module for running prediction."""
        if self._pred_exec is not None:
            arg_shapes, _, _ = self.symbol.infer_shape(**dict(input_shapes))
            assert arg_shapes is not None, "Incomplete input shapes"
            pred_shapes = [x.shape for x in self._pred_exec.arg_arrays]
            if arg_shapes == pred_shapes:
                return
        # for now only use the first device
        pred_exec = self.symbol.simple_bind(
            self.ctx[0], grad_req='null', **dict(input_shapes))
        pred_exec.copy_params_from(self.arg_params, self.aux_params)

        _check_arguments(self.symbol)
        self._pred_exec = pred_exec

    def _init_iter(self, X, y, is_train):
        """Initialize the iterator given input."""
        if isinstance(X, (np.ndarray, nd.NDArray)):
            if y is None:
                if is_train:
                    raise ValueError('y must be specified when X is numpy.ndarray')
                else:
                    y = np.zeros(X.shape[0])
            if not isinstance(y, (np.ndarray, nd.NDArray)):
                raise TypeError('y must be ndarray when X is numpy.ndarray')
            if X.shape[0] != y.shape[0]:
                raise ValueError("The numbers of data points and labels not equal")
            if y.ndim == 2 and y.shape[1] == 1:
                y = y.flatten()
            if y.ndim != 1:
                raise ValueError("Label must be 1D or 2D (with 2nd dimension being 1)")
            if is_train:
                return io.NDArrayIter(X, y, min(X.shape[0], self.numpy_batch_size),
                                      shuffle=is_train, last_batch_handle='roll_over')
            else:
                return io.NDArrayIter(X, y, min(X.shape[0], self.numpy_batch_size), shuffle=False)
        if not isinstance(X, io.DataIter):
            raise TypeError('X must be DataIter, NDArray or numpy.ndarray')
        return X

    def _init_eval_iter(self, eval_data):
        """Initialize the iterator given eval_data."""
        if eval_data is None:
            return eval_data
        if isinstance(eval_data, (tuple, list)) and len(eval_data) == 2:
            if eval_data[0] is not None:
                if eval_data[1] is None and isinstance(eval_data[0], io.DataIter):
                    return eval_data[0]
                input_data = (np.array(eval_data[0]) if isinstance(eval_data[0], list)
                              else eval_data[0])
                input_label = (np.array(eval_data[1]) if isinstance(eval_data[1], list)
                               else eval_data[1])
                return self._init_iter(input_data, input_label, is_train=True)
            else:
                raise ValueError("Eval data is NONE")
        if not isinstance(eval_data, io.DataIter):
            raise TypeError('Eval data must be DataIter, or ' \
                            'NDArray/numpy.ndarray/list pair (i.e. tuple/list of length 2)')
        return eval_data

    def predict(self, X, num_batch=None, return_data=False, reset=True):
        """Run the prediction, always only use one device.
        Parameters
        ----------
        X : mxnet.DataIter
        num_batch : int or None
            the number of batch to run. Go though all batches if None
        Returns
        -------
        y : numpy.ndarray or a list of numpy.ndarray if the network has multiple outputs.
            The predicted value of the output.
        """
        X = self._init_iter(X, None, is_train=False)

        if reset:
            X.reset()
        data_shapes = X.provide_data
        data_names = [x[0] for x in data_shapes]
        self._init_predictor(data_shapes)
        batch_size = X.batch_size
        data_arrays = [self._pred_exec.arg_dict[name] for name in data_names]
        output_list = [[] for _ in range(len(self._pred_exec.outputs))]
        if return_data:
            data_list = [[] for _ in X.provide_data]
            label_list = [[] for _ in X.provide_label]

        i = 0
        for batch in X:

            _load_data(batch, data_arrays)
            self._pred_exec.forward(is_train=False)
            padded = batch.pad
            real_size = batch_size - padded

            for o_list, o_nd in zip(output_list, self._pred_exec.outputs):
                o_list.append(o_nd[0:real_size].asnumpy())

            if return_data:
                for j, x in enumerate(batch.data):
                    data_list[j].append(x[0:real_size].asnumpy())
                for j, x in enumerate(batch.label):
                    label_list[j].append(x[0:real_size].asnumpy())
            i += 1
            if num_batch is not None and i == num_batch:
                break

        outputs = [np.concatenate(x) for x in output_list]
        if len(outputs) == 1:
            outputs = outputs[0]

        if return_data:
            data = [np.concatenate(x) for x in data_list]
            label = [np.concatenate(x) for x in label_list]
            if len(data) == 1:
                data = data[0]
            if len(label) == 1:
                label = label[0]
            return outputs, data, label
        else:
            return outputs

    def score(self, X, eval_metric='acc', num_batch=None, batch_end_callback=None, reset=True):
        """Run the model on X and calculate the score with eval_metric
        Parameters
        ----------
        X : mxnet.DataIter
        eval_metric : metric.metric
            The metric for calculating score
        num_batch : int or None
            the number of batch to run. Go though all batches if None
        Returns
        -------
        s : float
            the final score
        """
        # setup metric
        if not isinstance(eval_metric, metric.EvalMetric):
            eval_metric = metric.create(eval_metric)

        X = self._init_iter(X, None, is_train=False)
        if reset:
            X.reset()

        data_shapes = X.provide_data
        data_names = [x[0] for x in data_shapes]
        self._init_predictor(data_shapes)
        data_arrays = [self._pred_exec.arg_dict[name] for name in data_names]

        for i, batch in enumerate(X):
            if num_batch is not None and i == num_batch:
                break
            _load_data(batch, data_arrays)
            self._pred_exec.forward(is_train=False)
            eval_metric.update(batch.label, self._pred_exec.outputs)

            if batch_end_callback != None:
                batch_end_params = BatchEndParam(epoch=0,
                                                 nbatch=i,
                                                 eval_metric=eval_metric,
                                                 locals=locals())
                if isinstance(batch_end_callback, list):
                    for call in batch_end_callback:
                        call(batch_end_params)
                else:
                    batch_end_callback(batch_end_params)
        return eval_metric.get()[1]


    def fit(self, X, y=None, eval_data=None, eval_metric='acc',
            epoch_end_callback=None, batch_end_callback=None, kvstore='local', logger=None,
            work_load_list=None, monitor=None, eval_batch_end_callback=None):
        """Fit the model.

        Parameters
        ----------
        X : DataIter, or numpy.ndarray/NDArray
            Training data. If X is an DataIter, the name or, if not available,
            position, of its outputs should match the corresponding variable
            names defined in the symbolic graph.
        y : numpy.ndarray/NDArray, optional
            Training set label.
            If X is numpy.ndarray/NDArray, y is required to be set.
            While y can be 1D or 2D (with 2nd dimension as 1), its 1st dimension must be
            the same as X, i.e. the number of data points and labels should be equal.
        eval_data : DataIter or numpy.ndarray/list/NDArray pair
            If eval_data is numpy.ndarray/list/NDArray pair,
            it should be (valid_data, valid_label).
        eval_metric : metric.EvalMetric or str or callable
            The evaluation metric, name of evaluation metric.
            Or a customize evaluation function that returns the statistics
            based on minibatch.
        epoch_end_callback : callable(epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_states)
            A callback that is invoked at end of each epoch.
            This can be used to checkpoint model each epoch.
        batch_end_callback: callable(epoch)
            A callback that is invoked at end of each batch
            For print purpose
        kvstore: KVStore or str, optional
           The KVStore or a string kvstore type: 'local', 'dist_sync', 'dist_async'
           In default uses 'local', often no need to change for single machiine.
        logger : logging logger, optional
            When not specified, default logger will be used.
        work_load_list : float or int, optional
            The list of work load for different devices,
            in the same order as ctx

        Note
        ----
        KVStore behavior
        - 'local', multi-devices on a single machine, will automatically choose best type.
        - 'dist_sync', multi-machines with BSP
        - 'dist_async', multi-machines with partical asynchronous
        """

        data = self._init_iter(X, y, is_train=True)
        eval_data = self._init_eval_iter(eval_data)

        if self.sym_gen:
            self.symbol = self.sym_gen(data.default_bucket_key) # pylint: disable=no-member
            self._check_arguments()
        self.kwargs["sym"] = self.symbol

        arg_names, param_names, aux_names = \
                self._init_params(dict(data.provide_data+data.provide_label))

        # setup metric
        if not isinstance(eval_metric, metric.EvalMetric):
            eval_metric = metric.create(eval_metric)

        # create kvstore
        (kvstore, update_on_kvstore) = _create_kvstore(
            kvstore, len(self.ctx), self.arg_params)

        param_idx2name = {}
        if update_on_kvstore:
            param_idx2name.update(enumerate(param_names))
        else:
            for i, n in enumerate(param_names):
                for k in range(len(self.ctx)):
                    param_idx2name[i*len(self.ctx)+k] = n
        self.kwargs["param_idx2name"] = param_idx2name

        # init optmizer
        if isinstance(self.optimizer, str):
            batch_size = data.batch_size
            if kvstore and 'dist' in kvstore.type and not '_async' in kvstore.type:
                batch_size *= kvstore.num_workers
            optimizer = opt.create(self.optimizer,
                                   rescale_grad=(1.0/batch_size),
                                   **(self.kwargs))
        elif isinstance(self.optimizer, opt.Optimizer):
            optimizer = self.optimizer

        # do training
        _train_multi_device(self.symbol, self.ctx, arg_names, param_names, aux_names,
                            self.arg_params, self.aux_params,
                            begin_epoch=self.begin_epoch, end_epoch=self.num_epoch,
                            epoch_size=self.epoch_size,
                            optimizer=optimizer,
                            train_data=data, eval_data=eval_data,
                            eval_metric=eval_metric,
                            epoch_end_callback=epoch_end_callback,
                            batch_end_callback=batch_end_callback,
                            kvstore=kvstore, update_on_kvstore=update_on_kvstore,
                            logger=logger, work_load_list=work_load_list, monitor=monitor,
                            eval_batch_end_callback=eval_batch_end_callback,
                            sym_gen=self.sym_gen)


    def save(self, prefix, epoch=None):
        """Checkpoint the model checkpoint into file.
        You can also use pickle to do the job if you only work on python.
        The advantage of load/save is the file is language agnostic.
        This means the file saved using save can be loaded by other language binding of mxnet.
        You also get the benefit being able to directly load/save from cloud storage(S3, HDFS)

        Parameters
        ----------
        prefix : str
            Prefix of model name.

        Notes
        -----
        - ``prefix-symbol.json`` will be saved for symbol.
        - ``prefix-epoch.params`` will be saved for parameters.
        """
        if epoch is None:
            epoch = self.num_epoch
        assert epoch is not None
        save_checkpoint(prefix, epoch, self.symbol, self.arg_params, self.aux_params)

    @staticmethod
    def load(prefix, epoch, ctx=None, **kwargs):
        """Load model checkpoint from file.

        Parameters
        ----------
        prefix : str
            Prefix of model name.
        epoch : int
            epoch number of model we would like to load.
        ctx : Context or list of Context, optional
            The device context of training and prediction.
        kwargs : dict
            other parameters for model, including num_epoch, optimizer and numpy_batch_size

        Returns
        -------
        model : FeedForward
            The loaded model that can be used for prediction.

        Notes
        -----
        - ``prefix-symbol.json`` will be saved for symbol.
        - ``prefix-epoch.params`` will be saved for parameters.
        """
        symbol, arg_params, aux_params = load_checkpoint(prefix, epoch)
        return FeedForward(symbol, ctx=ctx,
                           arg_params=arg_params, aux_params=aux_params,
                           begin_epoch=epoch,
                           **kwargs)

    @staticmethod
    def create(symbol, X, y=None, ctx=None,
               num_epoch=None, epoch_size=None, optimizer='sgd', initializer=Uniform(0.01),
               eval_data=None, eval_metric='acc',
               epoch_end_callback=None, batch_end_callback=None,
               kvstore='local', logger=None, work_load_list=None,
               eval_batch_end_callback=None, **kwargs):
        """Functional style to create a model.
        This function will be more consistent with functional
        languages such as R, where mutation is not allowed.

        Parameters
        ----------
        symbol : Symbol
            The symbol configuration of computation network.
        X : DataIter
            Training data
        y : numpy.ndarray, optional
            If X is numpy.ndarray y is required to set
        ctx : Context or list of Context, optional
            The device context of training and prediction.
            To use multi GPU training, pass in a list of gpu contexts.
        num_epoch : int, optional
            Training parameter, number of training epochs(epochs).
        epoch_size : int, optional
            Number of batches in a epoch. In default, it is set to
            ceil(num_train_examples / batch_size)
        optimizer : str or Optimizer, optional
            Training parameter, name or optimizer object for training.
        initializier : initializer function, optional
            Training parameter, the initialization scheme used.
        eval_data : DataIter or numpy.ndarray pair
            If eval_set is numpy.ndarray pair, it should be (valid_data, valid_label)
        eval_metric : metric.EvalMetric or str or callable
            The evaluation metric, name of evaluation metric.
            Or a customize evaluation function that returns the statistics
            based on minibatch.
        epoch_end_callback : callable(epoch, symbol, arg_params, aux_states)
            A callback that is invoked at end of each epoch.
            This can be used to checkpoint model each epoch.
        batch_end_callback: callable(epoch)
            A callback that is invoked at end of each batch
            For print purpose
        kvstore: KVStore or str, optional
           The KVStore or a string kvstore type: 'local', 'dist_sync', 'dis_async'
           In default uses 'local', often no need to change for single machiine.
        logger : logging logger, optional
            When not specified, default logger will be used.
        work_load_list : list of float or int, optional
            The list of work load for different devices,
            in the same order as ctx
        """
        model = FeedForward(symbol, ctx=ctx, num_epoch=num_epoch,
                            epoch_size=epoch_size,
                            optimizer=optimizer, initializer=initializer, **kwargs)
        model.fit(X, y, eval_data=eval_data, eval_metric=eval_metric,
                  epoch_end_callback=epoch_end_callback,
                  batch_end_callback=batch_end_callback,
                  kvstore=kvstore,
                  logger=logger,
                  work_load_list=work_load_list,
                  eval_batch_end_callback=eval_batch_end_callback)
        return model
