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 update_cost_model(self, x, cost_x):
        """
        Updates the GP used to handle the cost.

        param x: input of the GP for the cost model.
        param x_cost: values of the time cost at the input locations.
        """

        if self.cost_type == 'evaluation_time':
            cost_evals = np.log(np.atleast_2d(np.asarray(cost_x)).T)

            if self.num_updates == 0:
                X_all = x
                costs_all = cost_evals
            else:
                X_all = np.vstack((self.cost_model.model.X,x))
                costs_all = np.vstack((self.cost_model.model.Y,cost_evals))

            self.num_updates += 1
            self.cost_model.updateModel(X_all, costs_all, None, None)