def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def _cost_gp(self,x):
        """
        Predicts the time cost of evaluating the function at x.
        """
        m, _, _, _ = self.cost_model.predict_withGradients(x)
        return np.exp(m)