mmdet/models/task_modules/assigners/base_assigner.py

# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
from typing import Optional

from mmengine.structures import InstanceData


class BaseAssigner(metaclass=ABCMeta):
    """Base assigner that assigns boxes to ground truth boxes."""

    @abstractmethod
    def assign(self,
               pred_instances: InstanceData,
               gt_instances: InstanceData,
               gt_instances_ignore: Optional[InstanceData] = None,
               **kwargs):
        """Assign boxes to either a ground truth boxes or a negative boxes."""