[mlpack-svn] [MLPACK] #177: Load(), Save(), and Validate() for each class

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#177: Load(), Save(), and Validate() for each class
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  Reporter:  rcurtin                                        |        Owner:  birm        
      Type:  enhancement                                    |       Status:  accepted    
  Priority:  major                                          |    Milestone:  mlpack 1.1.0
 Component:  mlpack                                         |   Resolution:              
  Keywords:  load save validate saverestoremodel class api  |     Blocking:              
Blocked By:  178, 271                                       |  
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Comment (by michaelfox99):

 I added Save(SaveRestoreUtility& sr) and Load(SaveRestoreUtility& sr) for
 DiscreteDistribution, GaussianDistribution, GMM, and HMM. Hierarchical
 support was also added, which depends on these functions. I did not add
 Validate() to any of these. I'll eventually do more.

 I also added a Type() function to each mentioned method that just outputs
 a string with the name of the class. This is useful for a parent in a
 hierarchical model to be able to indicate the types of it's children. We
 may want to consider alternatives since otherwise we need to implement
 Type() broadly. I'm not sure how else to allow Parents to print out
 children's types generically.

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