create numpy array reader creator and text reader creator

python/paddle/reader/__init__.py

@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 #
 #     r = paddle.reader.buffered(paddle.reader.creator.text("hello.txt"))
 from decorator import *
+
+import creator

python/paddle/reader/creator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+__all__ = ['np_array', 'text_file']
+
+
+def np_array(x):
+    """
+    Creates a data reader from numpy array.
+    The highest dimension will be treated as batch dimension to iterate on.
+
+    :param x: the numpy array to create reader from.
+    :returns: data reader created from x.
+    """
+
+    def reader():
+        if x.ndim < 1:
+            yield x
+
+        for e in x:
+            yield e
+
+    return reader
+
+
+def text_file(path):
+    """
+    Creates a data reader that outputs text line by line from given text file.
+    Trailing new line ('\n') of each line will be removed.
+
+    :path: path of the text file.
+    :returns: data reader of text file
+    """
+
+    def reader():
+        f = open(path, "r")
+        for l in f:
+            yield l.rstrip('\n')
+        f.close()
+
+    return reader

python/paddle/reader/tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ add_test(NAME reader_decorator_test
   COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
         ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/reader/tests/decorator_test.py
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)
+
+add_test(NAME reader_creator_test
+  COMMAND ${PROJ_ROOT}/paddle/.set_python_path.sh -d ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/
+        ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle/reader/tests/creator_test.py
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJ_ROOT}/python/paddle)

python/paddle/reader/tests/creator_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright PaddlePaddle contributors. All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import unittest
+import paddle.reader.creator
+import numpy as np
+import os
+
+
+class TestNumpyArray(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_numpy_array(self):
+        l = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
+        x = np.array(l, np.int32)
+        reader = paddle.reader.creator.np_array(x)
+        for idx, e in enumerate(reader()):
+            self.assertItemsEqual(e, l[idx])
+
+
+class TestTextFile(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_text_file(self):
+        path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "test_data_creator.txt")
+        reader = paddle.reader.creator.text_file(path)
+        for idx, e in enumerate(reader()):
+            self.assertEqual(e, str(idx * 2) + " " + str(idx * 2 + 1))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

python/paddle/reader/tests/test_data_creator.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+0 1
+2 3
+4 5