Some common targets were renamed to match the new consistent style:
vw-bin->vw_cli_binvw->vw_corespanning_tree->vw_spanning_tree_bin
| name | target | type | description | public_deps | private_deps | exceptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| active_interactor | vw_active_interactor_bin | EXECUTABLE | Tool for interacting with active mode reductions | N/A | ||
| allreduce | vw_allreduce | STATIC_ONLY | Supporting library for thread or socket based distributed learning | vw_common, vw_io | Yes | |
| c_wrapper | vw_c_wrapper | SHARED_ONLY | Old C API. Cannot convey errors in current interface. Can be disabled using option VW_BUILD_VW_C_WRAPPER |
vw_core | Yes, exceptions are thrown across boundary | |
| cli | vw_cli_bin | EXECUTABLE | Primary VW command line interface. The vw executable. |
vw_core | N/A | |
| common | vw_common | HEADER_ONLY | Common utilities that are shared by every project. The only dependencies permitted are polyfill/vocabulary types | nonstd::string-view-lite | Yes, also supports VW_NOEXCEPT |
|
| config | vw_config | STATIC_ONLY | Option parsing, and command line utilities | vw_common | fmt::fmt | Yes |
| core | vw_core | STATIC_ONLY | This contains all remaining VW code, all reduction implementations, driver, option handling | vw_common, vw_explore, vw_allreduce, vw_config, spdlog::spdlog, fmt::fmt | dl, Threads::Threads, vw_io, Boost::math, eigen, RapidJSON | Yes |
| csv_parser | vw_csv_parser | STATIC_ONLY | Parser implementation that reads csv examples. Disabled by default. Enable with VW_FEAT_CSV=ON |
vw_common, vw_config, vw_core | Yes | |
| explore | vw_explore | HEADER_ONLY | Utilities for sampling and generating exploration distributions | vw_common | No | |
| io | vw_io | STATIC_ONLY | Utilities for input and output | vw_common, spdlog::spdlog, fmt::fmt | ZLIB::ZLIB | Yes |
| slim | vw_slim | STATIC_ONLY | Minimal inference only runtime | vw_common, vw_explore | No | |
| spanning_tree | vw_spanning_tree_bin | EXECUTABLE | Command line tool for connecting instances of vw for distributed learning | vw_spanning_tree, vw_common, vw_config | N/A | |
| spanning_tree | vw_spanning_tree | STATIC_ONLY | Supporting code for connecting instances of VW for distributed learning | vw_common | Threads::Threads | Yes |
| fb_parser | vw_fb_parser | STATIC_ONLY | Parser implementation that reads flatbuffer examples. Disabled by default. Enable with VW_FEAT_FLATBUFFERS=On. |
vw_core, fb_generate_headers | Yes |
How to generate the above table:
- Run CMake configure with
-DVW_OUPUT_LIB_DESCRIPTIONS=On - Pass the generated JSON through this website