Improve type-check for Sequence

keras/engine/training_generator.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import warnings
 import numpy as np
 
+from .training_utils import is_sequence
 from .training_utils import iter_sequence_infinite
 from .. import backend as K
 from ..utils.data_utils import Sequence
@@ -40,15 +41,15 @@ def fit_generator(model,
     if do_validation:
         model._make_test_function()
 
-    is_sequence = isinstance(generator, Sequence)
-    if not is_sequence and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
+    use_sequence_api = is_sequence(generator)
+    if not use_sequence_api and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
         warnings.warn(
             UserWarning('Using a generator with `use_multiprocessing=True`'
                         ' and multiple workers may duplicate your data.'
                         ' Please consider using the`keras.utils.Sequence'
                         ' class.'))
     if steps_per_epoch is None:
-        if is_sequence:
+        if use_sequence_api:
             steps_per_epoch = len(generator)
         else:
             raise ValueError('`steps_per_epoch=None` is only valid for a'
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@ def fit_generator(model,
 
     # python 2 has 'next', 3 has '__next__'
     # avoid any explicit version checks
+    val_use_sequence_api = is_sequence(validation_data)
     val_gen = (hasattr(validation_data, 'next') or
                hasattr(validation_data, '__next__') or
-               isinstance(validation_data, Sequence))
-    if (val_gen and not isinstance(validation_data, Sequence) and
+               val_use_sequence_api)
+    if (val_gen and not val_use_sequence_api and
             not validation_steps):
         raise ValueError('`validation_steps=None` is only valid for a'
                          ' generator based on the `keras.utils.Sequence`'
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ def fit_generator(model,
             if val_gen and workers > 0:
                 # Create an Enqueuer that can be reused
                 val_data = validation_data
-                if isinstance(val_data, Sequence):
+                if is_sequence(val_data):
                     val_enqueuer = OrderedEnqueuer(
                         val_data,
                         use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing)
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ def fit_generator(model,
                 val_enqueuer_gen = val_enqueuer.get()
             elif val_gen:
                 val_data = validation_data
-                if isinstance(val_data, Sequence):
+                if is_sequence(val_data):
                     val_enqueuer_gen = iter_sequence_infinite(val_data)
                     validation_steps = validation_steps or len(val_data)
                 else:
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ def fit_generator(model,
                     cbk.validation_data = val_data
 
         if workers > 0:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 enqueuer = OrderedEnqueuer(
                     generator,
                     use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing,
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ def fit_generator(model,
             enqueuer.start(workers=workers, max_queue_size=max_queue_size)
             output_generator = enqueuer.get()
         else:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 output_generator = iter_sequence_infinite(generator)
             else:
                 output_generator = generator
@@ -284,15 +286,15 @@ def evaluate_generator(model, generator,
     steps_done = 0
     outs_per_batch = []
     batch_sizes = []
-    is_sequence = isinstance(generator, Sequence)
-    if not is_sequence and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
+    use_sequence_api = is_sequence(generator)
+    if not use_sequence_api and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
         warnings.warn(
             UserWarning('Using a generator with `use_multiprocessing=True`'
                         ' and multiple workers may duplicate your data.'
                         ' Please consider using the`keras.utils.Sequence'
                         ' class.'))
     if steps is None:
-        if is_sequence:
+        if use_sequence_api:
             steps = len(generator)
         else:
             raise ValueError('`steps=None` is only valid for a generator'
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ def evaluate_generator(model, generator,
 
     try:
         if workers > 0:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 enqueuer = OrderedEnqueuer(
                     generator,
                     use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing)
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@ def evaluate_generator(model, generator,
             enqueuer.start(workers=workers, max_queue_size=max_queue_size)
             output_generator = enqueuer.get()
         else:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 output_generator = iter_sequence_infinite(generator)
             else:
                 output_generator = generator
@@ -387,15 +389,15 @@ def predict_generator(model, generator,
 
     steps_done = 0
     all_outs = []
-    is_sequence = isinstance(generator, Sequence)
-    if not is_sequence and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
+    use_sequence_api = is_sequence(generator)
+    if not use_sequence_api and use_multiprocessing and workers > 1:
         warnings.warn(
             UserWarning('Using a generator with `use_multiprocessing=True`'
                         ' and multiple workers may duplicate your data.'
                         ' Please consider using the`keras.utils.Sequence'
                         ' class.'))
     if steps is None:
-        if is_sequence:
+        if use_sequence_api:
             steps = len(generator)
         else:
             raise ValueError('`steps=None` is only valid for a generator'
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ def predict_generator(model, generator,
 
     try:
         if workers > 0:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 enqueuer = OrderedEnqueuer(
                     generator,
                     use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing)
@@ -417,7 +419,7 @@ def predict_generator(model, generator,
             enqueuer.start(workers=workers, max_queue_size=max_queue_size)
             output_generator = enqueuer.get()
         else:
-            if is_sequence:
+            if use_sequence_api:
                 output_generator = iter_sequence_infinite(generator)
             else:
                 output_generator = generator

keras/engine/training_utils.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 from .. import backend as K
 from .. import losses
+from ..utils import Sequence
 from ..utils.generic_utils import to_list
 
 
@@ -589,3 +590,17 @@ def iter_sequence_infinite(seq):
     while True:
         for item in seq:
             yield item
+
+
+def is_sequence(seq):
+    """Determine if an object follows the Sequence API.
+
+    # Arguments
+        seq: a possible Sequence object
+
+    # Returns
+        boolean, whether the object follows the Sequence API.
+    """
+    # TODO Dref360: Decide which pattern to follow. First needs a new TF Version.
+    return (getattr(seq, 'use_sequence_api', False)
+            or set(dir(Sequence())).issubset(set(dir(seq) + ['use_sequence_api'])))

keras/utils/data_utils.py

@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ def __getitem__(self, idx):
     ```
     """
 
+    use_sequence_api = True
+
     @abstractmethod
     def __getitem__(self, index):
         """Gets batch at position `index`.

tests/integration_tests/test_image_data_tasks.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from keras.preprocessing.image import ImageDataGenerator
 from keras.utils.test_utils import get_test_data
 from keras.models import Sequential
 from keras import layers
@@ -41,5 +42,39 @@ def test_image_classification():
     model = Sequential.from_config(config)
 
 
+def test_image_data_generator_training():
+    np.random.seed(1337)
+    img_gen = ImageDataGenerator(rescale=1.)  # Dummy ImageDataGenerator
+    input_shape = (16, 16, 3)
+    (x_train, y_train), (x_test, y_test) = get_test_data(num_train=500,
+                                                         num_test=200,
+                                                         input_shape=input_shape,
+                                                         classification=True,
+                                                         num_classes=4)
+    y_train = to_categorical(y_train)
+    y_test = to_categorical(y_test)
+
+    model = Sequential([
+        layers.Conv2D(filters=8, kernel_size=3,
+                      activation='relu',
+                      input_shape=input_shape),
+        layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=2),
+        layers.Conv2D(filters=4, kernel_size=(3, 3),
+                      activation='relu', padding='same'),
+        layers.GlobalAveragePooling2D(),
+        layers.Dense(y_test.shape[-1], activation='softmax')
+    ])
+    model.compile(loss='categorical_crossentropy',
+                  optimizer='rmsprop',
+                  metrics=['accuracy'])
+    history = model.fit_generator(img_gen.flow(x_train, y_train, batch_size=16),
+                                  epochs=10,
+                                  validation_data=img_gen.flow(x_test, y_test,
+                                                               batch_size=16),
+                                  verbose=0)
+    assert history.history['val_acc'][-1] > 0.75
+    model.evaluate_generator(img_gen.flow(x_train, y_train, batch_size=16))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pytest.main([__file__])

tests/keras/utils/data_utils_test.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from keras import backend as K
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    K.backend() == 'tensorflow',
+    K.backend() == 'tensorflow' and 'TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION' in os.environ,
     reason='Temporarily disabled until the use_multiprocessing problem is solved')
 
 if sys.version_info < (3,):

tests/test_multiprocessing.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from keras import backend as K
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    K.backend() == 'tensorflow',
+    K.backend() == 'tensorflow' and 'TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION' in os.environ,
     reason='Temporarily disabled until the use_multiprocessing problem is solved')
 
 STEPS_PER_EPOCH = 100