Using @SuperBuilder for LayerConfigurations

Signed-off-by: brian <brian@brutex.de>

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/ActivationLayer.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.config.IUpdater;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class ActivationLayer extends NoParamLayer {
 
 
@@ -133,8 +133,12 @@ public class ActivationLayer extends NoParamLayer {
   public static abstract class ActivationLayerBuilder<
           C extends ActivationLayer, B extends ActivationLayerBuilder<C, B>>
       extends NoParamLayer.NoParamLayerBuilder<C, B> {
-    public C build() {
+
-      C l = this.initBuild();
+  }
+
+  private static final class ActivationLayerBuilderImpl extends ActivationLayerBuilder<ActivationLayer, ActivationLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public ActivationLayer build() {
+      ActivationLayer l = this.initBuild();
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/BaseUpsamplingLayer.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.inputs.InputType;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder()
+@SuperBuilder
 public abstract class BaseUpsamplingLayer extends NoParamLayer {
 
     /**

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/BatchNormalization.java

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
-import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.layers.LayerConstraint;
 import net.brutex.ai.dnn.api.LayerType;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.ParamInitializer;
+import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.layers.LayerConstraint;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.CNN2DFormat;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.InputPreProcessor;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.NeuralNetConfiguration;
@@ -48,101 +48,117 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.regularization.Regularization;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
 
   /**
-     * At test time: we can use a global estimate of the mean and variance, calculated using a moving average of the
+   * At test time: we can use a global estimate of the mean and variance, calculated using a moving
-     * batch means/variances. This moving average is implemented as:<br> globalMeanEstimate = decay *
+   * average of the batch means/variances. This moving average is implemented as:<br>
-     * globalMeanEstimate + (1-decay) * batchMean<br> globalVarianceEstimate = decay * globalVarianceEstimate +
+   * globalMeanEstimate = decay * globalMeanEstimate + (1-decay) * batchMean<br>
-     * (1-decay) * batchVariance<br>
+   * globalVarianceEstimate = decay * globalVarianceEstimate + (1-decay) * batchVariance<br>
    *
    * @param decay Decay value to use for global stats calculation
    */
-    @lombok.Builder.Default
+  @lombok.Builder.Default protected double decay = 0.9;
-    protected double decay = 0.9;
 
   // Note: need to set defaults here in addition to builder, in case user uses no-op constructor...
   /**
-     * Epsilon value for batch normalization; small floating point value added to variance (algorithm 1 in <a
+   * Epsilon value for batch normalization; small floating point value added to variance (algorithm
-     * href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03167v3.pdf">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03167v3.pdf</a>) to reduce/avoid
+   * 1 in <a
-     * underflow issues.<br> Default: 1e-5
+   * href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03167v3.pdf">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03167v3.pdf</a>) to
+   * reduce/avoid underflow issues.<br>
+   * Default: 1e-5
    *
    * @param eps Epsilon values to use
    */
   @lombok.Builder.Default protected double eps = 1e-5;
   /**
-     * If doing minibatch training or not. Default: true. Under most circumstances, this should be set to true. If
+   * If doing minibatch training or not. Default: true. Under most circumstances, this should be set
-     * doing full batch training (i.e., all examples in a single DataSet object - very small data sets) then this
+   * to true. If doing full batch training (i.e., all examples in a single DataSet object - very
-     * should be set to false. Affects how global mean/variance estimates are calculated.
+   * small data sets) then this should be set to false. Affects how global mean/variance estimates
+   * are calculated.
    *
    * @param minibatch Minibatch parameter
    */
   @lombok.Builder.Default protected boolean isMinibatch = true;
 
   /**
-     * Used only when 'true' is passed to {@link BatchNormalizationBuilder#lockGammaBeta(boolean)}. Value is not used otherwise.<br> Default:
+   * Used only when 'true' is passed to {@link BatchNormalizationBuilder#lockGammaBeta(boolean)}.
-     * 1.0
+   * Value is not used otherwise.<br>
+   * Default: 1.0
    *
-     * @param gamma Gamma parameter for all activations, used only with locked gamma/beta configuration mode
+   * @param gamma Gamma parameter for all activations, used only with locked gamma/beta
+   *     configuration mode
    */
   @lombok.Builder.Default protected double gamma = 1.0;
   /**
-     * Used only when 'true' is passed to {@link BatchNormalizationBuilder#lockGammaBeta(boolean)}. Value is not used otherwise.<br> Default:
+   * Used only when 'true' is passed to {@link BatchNormalizationBuilder#lockGammaBeta(boolean)}.
-     * 0.0
+   * Value is not used otherwise.<br>
+   * Default: 0.0
    *
-     * @param beta Beta parameter for all activations, used only with locked gamma/beta configuration mode
+   * @param beta Beta parameter for all activations, used only with locked gamma/beta configuration
+   *     mode
    */
   @lombok.Builder.Default protected double beta = 0.0;
   /**
-     * Set constraints to be applied to the beta parameter of this batch normalisation layer. Default: no
+   * Set constraints to be applied to the beta parameter of this batch normalisation layer. Default:
-     * constraints.<br> Constraints can be used to enforce certain conditions (non-negativity of parameters,
+   * no constraints.<br>
-     * max-norm regularization, etc). These constraints are applied at each iteration, after the parameters have
+   * Constraints can be used to enforce certain conditions (non-negativity of parameters, max-norm
-     * been updated.
+   * regularization, etc). These constraints are applied at each iteration, after the parameters
-     *
+   * have been updated.
    */
   protected List<LayerConstraint> betaConstraints;
 
   /**
-     * Set constraints to be applied to the gamma parameter of this batch normalisation layer. Default: no
+   * Set constraints to be applied to the gamma parameter of this batch normalisation layer.
-     * constraints.<br> Constraints can be used to enforce certain conditions (non-negativity of parameters,
+   * Default: no constraints.<br>
-     * max-norm regularization, etc). These constraints are applied at each iteration, after the parameters have
+   * Constraints can be used to enforce certain conditions (non-negativity of parameters, max-norm
-     * been updated.
+   * regularization, etc). These constraints are applied at each iteration, after the parameters
-     *
+   * have been updated.
    */
   protected List<LayerConstraint> gammaConstraints;
 
-
   /**
-     * When using CuDNN or MKLDNN and an error is encountered, should fallback to the non-helper implementation be allowed?
+   * When using CuDNN or MKLDNN and an error is encountered, should fallback to the non-helper
-     * If set to false, an exception in the helper will be propagated back to the user. If true, the built-in
+   * implementation be allowed? If set to false, an exception in the helper will be propagated back
-     * (non-MKL/CuDNN) implementation for BatchNormalizationLayer will be used
+   * to the user. If true, the built-in (non-MKL/CuDNN) implementation for BatchNormalizationLayer
+   * will be used
    *
    * @param allowFallback Whether fallback to non-CuDNN implementation should be used
    */
   @lombok.Builder.Default protected boolean cudnnAllowFallback = true;
   /**
-     * How should the moving average of variance be stored? Two different parameterizations are supported.
+   * How should the moving average of variance be stored? Two different parameterizations are
-     * useLogStd(false): equivalent to 1.0.0-beta3 and earlier. The variance "parameter" is stored directly as
+   * supported. useLogStd(false): equivalent to 1.0.0-beta3 and earlier. The variance "parameter" is
-     * variable<br> useLogStd(true): (Default) variance is stored as log10(stdev)<br> The motivation here is for
+   * stored directly as variable<br>
-     * numerical stability (FP16 etc) and also distributed training: storing the variance directly can cause
+   * useLogStd(true): (Default) variance is stored as log10(stdev)<br>
-     * numerical issues. For example, a standard deviation of 1e-3 (something that could be encountered in practice)
+   * The motivation here is for numerical stability (FP16 etc) and also distributed training:
-     * gives a variance of 1e-6, which can be problematic for 16-bit floating point
+   * storing the variance directly can cause numerical issues. For example, a standard deviation of
+   * 1e-3 (something that could be encountered in practice) gives a variance of 1e-6, which can be
+   * problematic for 16-bit floating point
    *
-     * How should the moving average of variance be stored? Two different parameterizations are supported.
+   * <p>How should the moving average of variance be stored? Two different parameterizations are
-     * useLogStd(false): equivalent to 1.0.0-beta3 and earlier. The variance "parameter" is stored directly as
+   * supported. useLogStd(false): equivalent to 1.0.0-beta3 and earlier. The variance "parameter" is
-     * variable<br> useLogStd(true): (Default) variance is stored as log10(stdev)<br> The motivation here is for
+   * stored directly as variable<br>
-     * numerical stability (FP16 etc) and also distributed training: storing the variance directly can cause
+   * useLogStd(true): (Default) variance is stored as log10(stdev)<br>
-     * numerical issues. For example, a standard deviation of 1e-3 (something that could be encountered in practice)
+   * The motivation here is for numerical stability (FP16 etc) and also distributed training:
-     * gives a variance of 1e-6, which can be problematic for 16-bit floating point
+   * storing the variance directly can cause numerical issues. For example, a standard deviation of
+   * 1e-3 (something that could be encountered in practice) gives a variance of 1e-6, which can be
+   * problematic for 16-bit floating point
    */
-    @lombok.Builder.Default  protected boolean useLogStd = false; //Default for deserialized models (1.0.0-beta3) and earlier: store variance as variance. Post 1.0.0-beta3: use log stdev instead
+  @lombok.Builder.Default
+  protected boolean useLogStd =
+      false; // Default for deserialized models (1.0.0-beta3) and earlier: store variance as
+             // variance. Post 1.0.0-beta3: use log stdev instead
   /**
-     * Set the input and output array data format. Defaults to NCHW format - i.e., channels first.
+   * Set the input and output array data format. Defaults to NCHW format - i.e., channels first. See
-     * See {@link CNN2DFormat} for more details
+   * {@link CNN2DFormat} for more details
+   *
    * @param format Format to use
    */
-    @lombok.Builder.Default protected CNN2DFormat dataFormat = CNN2DFormat.NCHW;   //Default for deserialized models, 1.0.0-beta6 and earlier
+  @lombok.Builder.Default
+  protected CNN2DFormat dataFormat =
+      CNN2DFormat.NCHW; // Default for deserialized models, 1.0.0-beta6 and earlier
 
   private boolean lockGammaBeta;
 
@@ -151,14 +167,11 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
   }
 
   public static BatchNormalizationBuilder<?, ?> builder(double gamma, double beta) {
-        return innerBuilder()
+    return innerBuilder().gamma(gamma).beta(beta);
-                .gamma(gamma)
-                .beta(beta);
   }
 
   public static BatchNormalizationBuilder<?, ?> builder(boolean lockGammaBeta) {
-        return innerBuilder()
+    return innerBuilder().lockGammaBeta(lockGammaBeta);
-                .lockGammaBeta(lockGammaBeta);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -168,8 +181,13 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
   }
 
   @Override
-    public Layer instantiate(NeuralNetConfiguration conf, Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+  public Layer instantiate(
-                             int layerIndex, INDArray layerParamsView, boolean initializeParams, DataType networkDataType) {
+      NeuralNetConfiguration conf,
+      Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+      int layerIndex,
+      INDArray layerParamsView,
+      boolean initializeParams,
+      DataType networkDataType) {
     this.setNetConfiguration(conf);
     LayerValidation.assertNOutSet("BatchNormalization", getName(), layerIndex, getNOut());
     runInheritance();
@@ -196,7 +214,8 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
     if (inputType == null) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
           "Invalid input type: Batch norm layer expected input of type CNN, got null for layer \""
-                                            + getName() + "\"");
+              + getName()
+              + "\"");
     }
 
     // Can handle CNN, flat CNN, CNN3D or FF input formats only
@@ -209,7 +228,10 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
       default:
         throw new IllegalStateException(
             "Invalid input type: Batch norm layer expected input of type CNN, CNN Flat or FF, got "
-                                                + inputType + " for layer index " + layerIndex + ", layer name = "
+                + inputType
+                + " for layer index "
+                + layerIndex
+                + ", layer name = "
                 + getName());
     }
   }
@@ -233,7 +255,10 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
         default:
           throw new IllegalStateException(
               "Invalid input type: Batch norm layer expected input of type CNN, CNN Flat or FF, got "
-                                                    + inputType + " for layer " + getName() + "\"");
+                  + inputType
+                  + " for layer "
+                  + getName()
+                  + "\"");
       }
       nOut = nIn;
     }
@@ -253,7 +278,8 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
 
   @Override
   public List<Regularization> getRegularizationByParam(String paramName) {
-        //Don't regularize batch norm params: similar to biases in the sense that there are not many of them...
+    // Don't regularize batch norm params: similar to biases in the sense that there are not many of
+    // them...
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -288,16 +314,24 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
     // During forward pass: working memory size approx. equal to 2x input size (copy ops, etc)
     val inferenceWorkingSize = 2 * inputType.arrayElementsPerExample();
 
-        //During training: we calculate mean and variance... result is equal to nOut, and INDEPENDENT of minibatch size
+    // During training: we calculate mean and variance... result is equal to nOut, and INDEPENDENT
+    // of minibatch size
     val trainWorkFixed = 2 * nOut;
-        //During backprop: multiple working arrays... output size, 2 * output size (indep. of example size),
+    // During backprop: multiple working arrays... output size, 2 * output size (indep. of example
-        val trainWorkingSizePerExample = inferenceWorkingSize //Inference during backprop
+    // size),
+    val trainWorkingSizePerExample =
+        inferenceWorkingSize // Inference during backprop
             + (outputType.arrayElementsPerExample() + 2 * nOut); // Backprop gradient calculation
 
     return new LayerMemoryReport.Builder(name, BatchNormalization.class, inputType, outputType)
         .standardMemory(numParams, updaterStateSize)
-                        .workingMemory(0, 0, trainWorkFixed, trainWorkingSizePerExample) //No additional memory (beyond activations) for inference
+        .workingMemory(
-                        .cacheMemory(MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS, MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS) //No caching
+            0,
+            0,
+            trainWorkFixed,
+            trainWorkingSizePerExample) // No additional memory (beyond activations) for inference
+        .cacheMemory(
+            MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS, MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS) // No caching
         .build();
   }
 
@@ -306,13 +340,20 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
     return false; // No pretrain params in BN
   }
 
-    public static abstract class BatchNormalizationBuilder<C extends BatchNormalization, B extends BatchNormalizationBuilder<C, B>> extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+  private static final class BatchNormalizationBuilderImpl
-        public C build() {
+      extends BatchNormalizationBuilder<BatchNormalization, BatchNormalizationBuilderImpl> {
-            C l = this.initBuild();
+    public BatchNormalization build() {
+      BatchNormalization l = new BatchNormalization(this);
       l.setType(LayerType.BN);
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
+  }
+
+  public abstract static class BatchNormalizationBuilder<
+          C extends BatchNormalization, B extends BatchNormalizationBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
     public B helperAllowFallback(boolean b) {
       this.cudnnAllowFallback$value = b;
       this.cudnnAllowFallback$set = true;
@@ -323,12 +364,10 @@ public class BatchNormalization extends FeedForwardLayer {
       this.betaConstraints = List.of(constraints);
       return self();
     }
+
     public B constrainGamma(LayerConstraint... constraints) {
       this.gammaConstraints = List.of(constraints);
       return self();
     }
   }
-
-
-
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/CapsuleLayer.java

@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.memory.MemoryWorkspace;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 
-
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class CapsuleLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
 
     private static final String WEIGHT_PARAM = "weight";
@@ -78,6 +77,18 @@ public class CapsuleLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
      */
     @Builder.Default @Getter @Setter private int routings = 3;
 
+    public static CapsuleLayerBuilder<?,?> builder() {
+        return innerBuilder()
+    ;
+    }
+
+    public static CapsuleLayerBuilder<?,?> builder(int capsules, int capsulesDim, int routings) {
+        return innerBuilder()
+                .capsules(capsules)
+                .capsuleDimensions(capsulesDim)
+                .routings(routings);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setNIn(InputType inputType, boolean override) {
         if(inputType == null || inputType.getType() != Type.RNN) {
@@ -185,16 +196,6 @@ public class CapsuleLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
         return InputType.recurrent(capsules, capsuleDimensions);
     }
 
-    public static CapsuleLayerBuilder<?,?> builder() {
-        return innerBuilder()
-    ;
-    }
-    public static CapsuleLayerBuilder<?,?> builder(int capsules, int capsulesDim, int routings) {
-        return innerBuilder()
-                .capsules(capsules)
-                .capsuleDimensions(capsulesDim)
-                .routings(routings);
-    }
   public static abstract class CapsuleLayerBuilder<
           C extends CapsuleLayer, B extends CapsuleLayerBuilder<C, B>>
       extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
@@ -215,35 +216,37 @@ public class CapsuleLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
       }
 
 
-      public C build() {
+
-      C l = this.initBuild();
+  }
-      if (capsules <= 0 || capsuleDimensions <= 0 || routings$value <= 0) {
+
+  private static final class CapsuleLayerBuilderImpl extends CapsuleLayerBuilder<CapsuleLayer, CapsuleLayerBuilderImpl> {
+      public CapsuleLayer build() {
+          CapsuleLayer l = new CapsuleLayer(this);
+          if (l.getCapsules() <= 0 || l.getCapsuleDimensions() <= 0 || l.getRoutings() <= 0) {
               throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                       "Invalid configuration for Capsule ILayer (layer name = \""
                               + l.getName()
                               + "\"):"
                               + " capsules, capsuleDimensions, and routings must be > 0.  Got: "
-                + capsules
+                              + l.getCapsules()
                               + ", "
-                + capsuleDimensions
+                              + l.getCapsuleDimensions()
                               + ", "
-                + routings$value);
+                              + l.getRoutings());
           }
 
-      if (inputCapsules$value < 0 || inputCapsuleDimensions$value < 0) {
+          if (l.getInputCapsules() < 0 || l.getInputCapsuleDimensions() < 0) {
               throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                       "Invalid configuration for Capsule ILayer (layer name = \""
                               + l.getName()
                               + "\"):"
                               + " inputCapsules and inputCapsuleDimensions must be >= 0 if set.  Got: "
-                + inputCapsules$value
+                              + l.getInputCapsules()
                               + ", "
-                + inputCapsuleDimensions$value);
+                              + l.getInputCapsuleDimensions() );
           }
-
           return l;
       }
   }
 
-
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/CenterLossOutputLayer.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
@@ -30,36 +32,21 @@ import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.memory.LayerMemoryReport;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.memory.MemoryReport;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.params.CenterLossParamInitializer;
 import org.deeplearning4j.optimize.api.TrainingListener;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.impl.ActivationSoftmax;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.buffer.DataType;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.config.IUpdater;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.config.NoOp;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.ILossFunction;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.LossFunctions.LossFunction;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class CenterLossOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
 
     @Builder.Default protected double alpha= 0.805;
     @Builder.Default protected double lambda = 2e-4;
     @Builder.Default protected boolean gradientCheck = false;
 
-public static abstract class CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C extends CenterLossOutputLayer, B extends CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C,B>> extends
-        BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {
-    public C build() {
-        C l = initBuild();
-        l.initializeConstraints();
-        return l;
-    }
-}
-
     @Override
     public Layer instantiate(NeuralNetConfiguration conf, Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
                              int layerIndex, INDArray layerParamsView, boolean initializeParams, DataType networkDataType) {
@@ -91,7 +78,6 @@ public static abstract class CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C extends CenterLossOu
         return getUpdater();
     }
 
-
     public boolean getGradientCheck() {
         return gradientCheck;
     }
@@ -135,6 +121,24 @@ public static abstract class CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C extends CenterLossOu
                         .build();
     }
 
+public static abstract class CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C extends CenterLossOutputLayer, B extends CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<C,B>> extends
+        BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+    public C build() {
+        C l = initBuild();
+        l.initializeConstraints();
+        return l;
+    }
+}
+
+private static final class CenterLossOutputLayerBuilderImpl extends CenterLossOutputLayerBuilder<CenterLossOutputLayer,
+        CenterLossOutputLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public CenterLossOutputLayer build() {
+        CenterLossOutputLayer l = new CenterLossOutputLayer(this);
+        l.initializeConstraints();
+        return l;
+    }
+}
+
 
 }
 

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Convolution1D.java

@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Convolution1D extends Convolution1DLayer {
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Convolution1DLayer.java

@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class Convolution1DLayer extends ConvolutionLayer {
-  @Builder.Default private RNNFormat rnnDataFormat = RNNFormat.NCW;
   /**
    * Set the data format for the CNN activations - NCHW (channels first) or NHWC (channels last).
    * See {@link CNN2DFormat} for more details.<br>
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ public class Convolution1DLayer extends ConvolutionLayer {
   @Builder.Default
   protected CNN2DFormat dataFormat =
           CNN2DFormat.NCHW; // default value for legacy serialization reasons
+  @Builder.Default private RNNFormat rnnDataFormat = RNNFormat.NCW;
   /**
    * Size of the convolution
    *
@@ -183,17 +183,20 @@ public class Convolution1DLayer extends ConvolutionLayer {
     return true;
   }
 
-  public static abstract class Convolution1DLayerBuilder<
+  private static final class Convolution1DLayerBuilderImpl extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<ConvolutionLayer, Convolution1DLayerBuilderImpl> {
-          C extends ConvolutionLayer, B extends Convolution1DLayerBuilder<C, B>>
+    public ConvolutionLayer build() {
-      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+      ConvolutionLayer l = initBuild();
-    public C build() {
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
-      C l = initBuild();
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), padding$value);
       ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
-          kernelSize$value, stride$value, padding$value);
+              l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
+  }
+  public static abstract class Convolution1DLayerBuilder<
+          C extends ConvolutionLayer, B extends Convolution1DLayerBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
 
     public B kernelSize(int @NonNull ... kernelSize) {
       this.kernelSize$value[0] = ValidationUtils.validate1NonNegative(kernelSize, "kernelSize")[0];

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Convolution2D.java

@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Convolution2D extends ConvolutionLayer {
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Convolution3D.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder", buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class Convolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
 
   /**
@@ -235,17 +235,20 @@ public class Convolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
     NDHWC
   }
 
+  private static final class Convolution3DBuilderImpl extends Convolution3DBuilder<Convolution3D, Convolution3DBuilderImpl> {
+    public Convolution3D build() {
+      Convolution3D l = new Convolution3D(this);
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
+      Convolution3DUtils.validateCnn3DKernelStridePadding(l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
   // public Builder(int[] kernelSize, int[] stride, int[] padding, int[] dilation) {
   // sup/er(kernelSize, stride, padding, dilation, 3);
   public static abstract class Convolution3DBuilder<
           C extends Convolution3D, B extends Convolution3DBuilder<C, B>>
       extends ConvolutionLayer.ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
-    public C build() {
+
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(convolutionMode$value, padding);
-      Convolution3DUtils.validateCnn3DKernelStridePadding(kernelSize, stride, padding);
-      C l = initBuild();
-      return l;
-    }
 
     @Override // TODO we can use the parent builder and do not need to redefine the variables.
     // Validation can be done in override function!

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/ConvolutionLayer.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
  */
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder", buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class ConvolutionLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
   /**
    * Size of the convolution rows/columns
@@ -397,48 +397,7 @@ public class ConvolutionLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
       return self();
     }
 
-    public C build() {
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(convolutionMode$value, padding$value);
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
-          kernelSize$value, stride$value, padding$value);
 
-      if (kernelSize$value.length != convolutionDim$value) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Kernel argument should be a "
-                + convolutionDim$value
-                + "d array, got "
-                + Arrays.toString(kernelSize$value));
-      }
-
-      if (stride$value.length != convolutionDim$value) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Strides argument should be a "
-                + convolutionDim$value
-                + "d array, got "
-                + Arrays.toString(stride$value));
-      }
-
-      if (padding$value.length != convolutionDim$value) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Padding argument should be a "
-                + convolutionDim$value
-                + "d array, got "
-                + Arrays.toString(padding$value));
-      }
-
-      if (dilation$value.length != convolutionDim$value) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Dilation argument should be a "
-                + convolutionDim$value
-                + "d array, got "
-                + Arrays.toString(dilation$value));
-      }
-
-      C l = initBuild();
-      l.setType(LayerType.CONV);
-      l.initializeConstraints();
-      return l;
-    }
 
     /**
      * When using CuDNN or MKLDNN and an error is encountered, should fallback to the non-helper
@@ -454,4 +413,47 @@ public class ConvolutionLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
       return self();
     }
   }
+  private static final class ConvolutionLayerBuilderImpl extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<ConvolutionLayer, ConvolutionLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public ConvolutionLayer build() {
+      ConvolutionLayer l = new ConvolutionLayer(this);
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
+              l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
+
+      if (l.getKernelSize().length != l.getConvolutionDim()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Kernel argument should be a "
+                        + l.getConvolutionDim()
+                        + "d array, got "
+                        + Arrays.toString(l.getKernelSize()));
+      }
+
+      if (l.getStride().length != l.getConvolutionDim()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Strides argument should be a "
+                        + l.getConvolutionDim()
+                        + "d array, got "
+                        + Arrays.toString(l.getStride()));
+      }
+
+      if (l.getPadding().length != l.getConvolutionDim()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Padding argument should be a "
+                        + l.getConvolutionDim()
+                        + "d array, got "
+                        + Arrays.toString(l.getPadding()));
+      }
+
+      if (l.getDilation().length != l.getConvolutionDim()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Dilation argument should be a "
+                        + l.getConvolutionDim()
+                        + "d array, got "
+                        + Arrays.toString(l.getDilation()));
+      }
+      l.setType(LayerType.CONV);
+      l.initializeConstraints();
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Deconvolution2D.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuild")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class Deconvolution2D extends ConvolutionLayer {
 
 
@@ -57,12 +57,15 @@ private CNN2DFormat format = CNN2DFormat.NCHW;
         return false;
     }
 
-    public static abstract class Deconvolution2DBuilder<C extends Deconvolution2D, B extends Deconvolution2DBuilder<C, B>> extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+    private static final class Deconvolution2DBuilderImpl extends Deconvolution2DBuilder<Deconvolution2D, Deconvolution2DBuilderImpl> {
-        public C build() {
+        public Deconvolution2D build() {
-            C l = initBuild();
+            Deconvolution2D l = new Deconvolution2D(this);
             l.initializeConstraints();
             return l;
         }
+    }
+    public static abstract class Deconvolution2DBuilder<C extends Deconvolution2D, B extends Deconvolution2DBuilder<C, B>> extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
 
 
         @Override

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Deconvolution3D.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class Deconvolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
   /**
    * Set the convolution mode for the Convolution layer. See {@link ConvolutionMode} for more
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ public class Deconvolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
   private Convolution3D.DataFormat dataFormat =
       Convolution3D.DataFormat.NCDHW; // in libnd4j: 1 - NCDHW, 0 - NDHWC
 
+  public static Deconvolution3DBuilder<?, ?> builder() {
+    return innerBuilder()
+        .kernelSize(new int[] {2, 2, 2})
+        .stride(new int[] {1, 1, 1})
+        .padding(new int[] {0, 0, 0})
+        .dilation(new int[] {1, 1, 1})
+        .convolutionDim(3);
+  }
+
   protected boolean allowCausal() {
     // Causal convolution - allowed for 1D only
     return false;
@@ -134,6 +143,11 @@ public class Deconvolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
     }
   }
 
+  // private int[] kernelSize;
+  // private int[] stride;
+  // private int[] padding;
+  // private int[] dilation;
+
   @Override
   public InputType getOutputType(int layerIndex, InputType inputType) {
     if (inputType == null || inputType.getType() != InputType.Type.CNN3D) {
@@ -158,29 +172,16 @@ public class Deconvolution3D extends ConvolutionLayer {
         Deconvolution3DLayer.class);
   }
 
-  //private int[] kernelSize;
+  public abstract static class Deconvolution3DBuilder<
-  //private int[] stride;
-  //private int[] padding;
-  //private int[] dilation;
-
-  public static abstract class Deconvolution3DBuilder<
           C extends Deconvolution3D, B extends Deconvolution3DBuilder<C, B>>
-      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {}
-    public C build() {
+
-      C l = initBuild();
+  private static final class Deconvolution3DBuilderImpl
+      extends Deconvolution3DBuilder<Deconvolution3D, Deconvolution3DBuilderImpl> {
+    public Deconvolution3D build() {
+      Deconvolution3D l = new Deconvolution3D(this);
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
-
   }
-
-  public static Deconvolution3DBuilder<?,?> builder() {
-    return innerBuilder()
-            .kernelSize(new int[] {2, 2, 2})
-            .stride(new int[] {1, 1, 1})
-            .padding(new int[] {0, 0, 0})
-            .dilation(new int[] {1, 1, 1})
-            .convolutionDim(3);
-  }
-
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/DepthwiseConvolution2D.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class DepthwiseConvolution2D extends ConvolutionLayer {
   /**
    * Set channels multiplier for depth-wise convolution
@@ -145,21 +145,25 @@ public class DepthwiseConvolution2D extends ConvolutionLayer {
     this.dataFormat = ((InputType.InputTypeConvolutional) inputType).getFormat();
   }
 
-  public abstract static class DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilder<
+  private static final class DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilderImpl extends DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilder<DepthwiseConvolution2D, DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilderImpl> {
-          C extends DepthwiseConvolution2D, B extends DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilder<C, B>>
+    public DepthwiseConvolution2D build() {
-      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+      DepthwiseConvolution2D l = new DepthwiseConvolution2D(this);
-    public C build() {
       Preconditions.checkState(
-          depthMultiplier$value > 0,
+              l.getDepthMultiplier() > 0,
               "Depth multiplier must be > 0,  got %s",
-          depthMultiplier$value);
+              l.getDepthMultiplier());
-      C l = this.initBuild();
+
       ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
       ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
               l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
+  }
+  public abstract static class DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilder<
+          C extends DepthwiseConvolution2D, B extends DepthwiseConvolution2DBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends ConvolutionLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
 
     @Override
     public B kernelSize(int... kernelSize) {

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/EmbeddingLayer.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.Accessors;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
@@ -30,95 +32,47 @@ import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.inputs.InputType;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.memory.LayerMemoryReport;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.memory.MemoryReport;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.params.EmbeddingLayerParamInitializer;
-import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.IWeightInit;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.WeightInit;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.embeddings.ArrayEmbeddingInitializer;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.embeddings.EmbeddingInitializer;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.weights.embeddings.WeightInitEmbedding;
 import org.deeplearning4j.optimize.api.TrainingListener;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.Activation;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.impl.ActivationIdentity;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.buffer.DataType;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class EmbeddingLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
   /**
    * If true: include bias parameters in the layer. False (default): no bias.
+   *
    * @param hasBias If true: include bias parameters in this layer
    */
-    @Accessors @Builder.Default
+  @Accessors @Builder.Default private boolean hasBias = false;
-    private boolean hasBias = false;
 
   /**
-   *Default to Identity activation - i.e., don't inherit.
+   * Default to Identity activation - i.e., don't inherit. For example, if user sets ReLU as global
-   *             For example, if user sets ReLU as global default, they very likely don't intend to use it for Embedding layer also
+   * default, they very likely don't intend to use it for Embedding layer also
-   *
    */
   public static EmbeddingLayerBuilder<?, ?> builder() {
-        return innerBuilder()
+    return innerBuilder().activation(Activation.IDENTITY);
-                .activation(Activation.IDENTITY);
   }
 
-    public static abstract class EmbeddingLayerBuilder<C extends EmbeddingLayer, B extends EmbeddingLayerBuilder<C,B>>
-    extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C,B>{
-        public C build() {
-            C l = initBuild();
-            l.initializeConstraints();
-            return l;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Weight initialization scheme to use, for initial weight values
-         *
-         * @param weightInit
-         * @see WeightInit
-         */
   @Override
-        public B weightInit(WeightInit weightInit) {
+  public Layer instantiate(
-            if(weightInit.getWeightInitFunction() instanceof WeightInitEmbedding){
+      NeuralNetConfiguration conf,
-                long[] shape = ((WeightInitEmbedding) weightInit.getWeightInitFunction()).shape();
+      Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
-                nIn(shape[0]);
+      int layerIndex,
-                nOut(shape[1]);
+      INDArray layerParamsView,
-            }
+      boolean initializeParams,
-            super.weightInit(weightInit);
+      DataType networkDataType) {
-            return self();
-        }
-        /**
-         * Initialize the embedding layer using values from the specified array. Note that the array should have shape
-         * [vocabSize, vectorSize]. After copying values from the array to initialize the network parameters, the input
-         * array will be discarded (so that, if necessary, it can be garbage collected)
-         *
-         * @param vectors Vectors to initialize the embedding layer with
-         */
-        public B weightInit(INDArray vectors){
-            weightInit(new ArrayEmbeddingInitializer(vectors));
-            return self();
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Initialize the embedding layer using the specified EmbeddingInitializer - such as a Word2Vec instance
-         *
-         * @param embeddingInitializer Source of the embedding layer weights
-         */
-        public B weightInit(EmbeddingInitializer embeddingInitializer) {
-            var weightIn = new WeightInitEmbedding(embeddingInitializer);
-            super.weightInit(weightIn);
-            return self();
-        }
-    }
-    @Override
-    public Layer instantiate(NeuralNetConfiguration conf, Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
-                             int layerIndex, INDArray layerParamsView, boolean initializeParams, DataType networkDataType) {
     LayerConfiguration lconf = conf.getFlattenedLayerConfigurations().get(layerIndex);
     org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.feedforward.embedding.EmbeddingLayer ret =
-                        new org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.feedforward.embedding.EmbeddingLayer(lconf, networkDataType);
+        new org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.feedforward.embedding.EmbeddingLayer(
+            lconf, networkDataType);
     runInheritance();
 
     ret.addTrainingListeners(trainingListeners);
@@ -149,8 +103,65 @@ public class EmbeddingLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
     // Training: preout op, the only in-place ops on epsilon (from layer above) + assign ops
 
     return new LayerMemoryReport.Builder(name, EmbeddingLayer.class, inputType, outputType)
-                        .standardMemory(numParams, updaterStateSize).workingMemory(0, 0, 0, actElementsPerEx)
+        .standardMemory(numParams, updaterStateSize)
-                        .cacheMemory(MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS, MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS) //No caching
+        .workingMemory(0, 0, 0, actElementsPerEx)
+        .cacheMemory(
+            MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS, MemoryReport.CACHE_MODE_ALL_ZEROS) // No caching
         .build();
   }
+
+  private static final class EmbeddingLayerBuilderImpl
+      extends EmbeddingLayerBuilder<EmbeddingLayer, EmbeddingLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public EmbeddingLayer build() {
+      EmbeddingLayer l = new EmbeddingLayer(this);
+      l.initializeConstraints();
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public abstract static class EmbeddingLayerBuilder<
+          C extends EmbeddingLayer, B extends EmbeddingLayerBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
+    /**
+     * Weight initialization scheme to use, for initial weight values
+     *
+     * @param weightInit
+     * @see WeightInit
+     */
+    @Override
+    public B weightInit(WeightInit weightInit) {
+      if (weightInit.getWeightInitFunction() instanceof WeightInitEmbedding) {
+        long[] shape = ((WeightInitEmbedding) weightInit.getWeightInitFunction()).shape();
+        nIn(shape[0]);
+        nOut(shape[1]);
+      }
+      super.weightInit(weightInit);
+      return self();
+    }
+    /**
+     * Initialize the embedding layer using values from the specified array. Note that the array
+     * should have shape [vocabSize, vectorSize]. After copying values from the array to initialize
+     * the network parameters, the input array will be discarded (so that, if necessary, it can be
+     * garbage collected)
+     *
+     * @param vectors Vectors to initialize the embedding layer with
+     */
+    public B weightInit(INDArray vectors) {
+      weightInit(new ArrayEmbeddingInitializer(vectors));
+      return self();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the embedding layer using the specified EmbeddingInitializer - such as a Word2Vec
+     * instance
+     *
+     * @param embeddingInitializer Source of the embedding layer weights
+     */
+    public B weightInit(EmbeddingInitializer embeddingInitializer) {
+      var weightIn = new WeightInitEmbedding(embeddingInitializer);
+      super.weightInit(weightIn);
+      return self();
+    }
+  }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/EmbeddingSequenceLayer.java

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class EmbeddingSequenceLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
     /**
      * Set input sequence length for this embedding layer.
@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@ public class EmbeddingSequenceLayer extends FeedForwardLayer {
     @Builder.Default private boolean inferInputLength = false; // use input length as provided by input data
     @Builder.Default private RNNFormat outputDataFormat = RNNFormat.NCW;       //Default value for older deserialized models
 
-public static abstract class EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilder<C extends EmbeddingSequenceLayer, B extends EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilder<C, B>>
+    private static final class EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilderImpl extends EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilder<EmbeddingSequenceLayer, EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilderImpl> {
-extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+        public EmbeddingSequenceLayer build() {
-    public C build() {
+            EmbeddingSequenceLayer l = new EmbeddingSequenceLayer(this);
-        C l = initBuild();
             l.initializeConstraints();
             return l;
         }
+    }
+public static abstract class EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilder<C extends EmbeddingSequenceLayer, B extends EmbeddingSequenceLayerBuilder<C, B>>
+extends FeedForwardLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
 
     public B weightInit(IWeightInit weightInit){
         if(weightInit instanceof WeightInitEmbedding){

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/GravesBidirectionalLSTM.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers;
 
+import java.util.*;
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
@@ -36,23 +37,21 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.impl.ActivationSigmoid;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.buffer.DataType;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 
-import java.util.*;
-
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @Deprecated
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class GravesBidirectionalLSTM extends BaseRecurrentLayer {
 
-    public static abstract class GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilder<C extends GravesBidirectionalLSTM, B extends
+    /**
-    GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilder<C, B>> extends BaseRecurrentLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+     * When using CuDNN and an error is encountered, should fallback to the non-CuDNN implementatation be allowed?
-        public C build() {
+     * If set to false, an exception in CuDNN will be propagated back to the user. If false, the built-in
-            C l = this.initBuild();
+     * (non-CuDNN) implementation for GravesBidirectionalLSTM will be used
-            l.initializeConstraints();
+     *
-            return l;
+     */
-        }
+    @Builder.Default
-    }
+    protected boolean helperAllowFallback = true;
     /**
      * Set forget gate bias initalizations. Values in range 1-5 can potentially help with learning or longer-term
      * dependencies.
@@ -66,15 +65,6 @@ public class GravesBidirectionalLSTM extends BaseRecurrentLayer {
      */
     @Builder.Default
     private IActivation gateActivationFunction = new ActivationSigmoid();
-    /**
-     * When using CuDNN and an error is encountered, should fallback to the non-CuDNN implementatation be allowed?
-     * If set to false, an exception in CuDNN will be propagated back to the user. If false, the built-in
-     * (non-CuDNN) implementation for GravesBidirectionalLSTM will be used
-     *
-     */
-    @Builder.Default
-    protected boolean helperAllowFallback = true;
-
 
     @Override
     protected void initializeConstraints() {
@@ -121,5 +111,18 @@ public class GravesBidirectionalLSTM extends BaseRecurrentLayer {
         return LSTMHelpers.getMemoryReport(this, inputType);
     }
 
+    private static final class GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilderImpl extends GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilder<GravesBidirectionalLSTM, GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilderImpl> {
+        public GravesBidirectionalLSTM build() {
+            GravesBidirectionalLSTM l = new GravesBidirectionalLSTM(this);
+            l.initializeConstraints();
+            return l;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static abstract class GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilder<C extends GravesBidirectionalLSTM, B extends
+    GravesBidirectionalLSTMBuilder<C, B>> extends BaseRecurrentLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
+    }
+
 
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/GravesLSTM.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Deprecated
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class GravesLSTM extends AbstractLSTM {
 
   private double forgetGateBiasInit;
@@ -103,9 +103,12 @@ public class GravesLSTM extends AbstractLSTM {
 
   public abstract static class GravesLSTMBuilder<
           C extends GravesLSTM, B extends GravesLSTMBuilder<C, B>>
-      extends AbstractLSTMBuilder<C, B> {
+      extends AbstractLSTMBuilder<C, B> {}
-    public C build() {
+
-      C l = initBuild();
+  private static final class GravesLSTMBuilderImpl
+      extends GravesLSTMBuilder<GravesLSTM, GravesLSTMBuilderImpl> {
+    public GravesLSTM build() {
+      GravesLSTM l = new GravesLSTM(this);
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/LSTM.java

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
@@ -31,31 +35,17 @@ import org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.memory.LayerMemoryReport;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.recurrent.LSTMHelpers;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.params.LSTMParamInitializer;
 import org.deeplearning4j.optimize.api.TrainingListener;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.Activation;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.buffer.DataType;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class LSTM extends AbstractLSTM {
 
   private double forgetGateBiasInit;
 
-    public static abstract class LSTMBuilder<C extends LSTM, B extends LSTMBuilder<C, B>> extends AbstractLSTMBuilder<C, B> {
-        @Override public C build() {
-            C l = this.initBuild();
-            l.initializeConstraints();
-            return l;
-        }
-    }
-
   @Override
   protected void initializeConstraints() {
     super.initializeConstraints();
@@ -72,13 +62,19 @@ public class LSTM extends AbstractLSTM {
   }
 
   @Override
-    public Layer instantiate(NeuralNetConfiguration conf, Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+  public Layer instantiate(
-                             int layerIndex, INDArray layerParamsView, boolean initializeParams, DataType networkDataType) {
+      NeuralNetConfiguration conf,
+      Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+      int layerIndex,
+      INDArray layerParamsView,
+      boolean initializeParams,
+      DataType networkDataType) {
     LayerValidation.assertNInNOutSet("LSTM", getName(), layerIndex, getNIn(), getNOut());
     LayerConfiguration lconf = conf.getFlattenedLayerConfigurations().get(layerIndex);
     runInheritance();
 
-        org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.recurrent.LSTM ret = new org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.recurrent.LSTM(lconf, networkDataType);
+    org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.recurrent.LSTM ret =
+        new org.deeplearning4j.nn.layers.recurrent.LSTM(lconf, networkDataType);
     ret.addTrainingListeners(trainingListeners);
     ret.setIndex(layerIndex);
     ret.setParamsViewArray(layerParamsView);
@@ -98,4 +94,16 @@ public class LSTM extends AbstractLSTM {
     // TODO - CuDNN etc
     return LSTMHelpers.getMemoryReport(this, inputType);
   }
+
+  public abstract static class LSTMBuilder<C extends LSTM, B extends LSTMBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends AbstractLSTMBuilder<C, B> {}
+
+  private static final class LSTMBuilderImpl extends LSTMBuilder<LSTM, LSTMBuilderImpl> {
+    @Override
+    public LSTM build() {
+      LSTM l = new LSTM(this);
+      l.initializeConstraints();
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/LayerConfiguration.java

@@ -354,15 +354,5 @@ public abstract class LayerConfiguration
       biasConstraints = Arrays.asList(constraints);
       return self();
     }
-
-    /**
-     * we are doing this to avoid BUG https://github.com/projectlombok/lombok/issues/3419 as some
-     * child classes may specify their own buildMethodName in @SuperBuilder, but we use only
-     * "initBuild" here consequently
-     * @return
-     */
-    public C initBuild() {
-      return build();
-    }
   }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/LearnedSelfAttentionLayer.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class LearnedSelfAttentionLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
   private static final String WEIGHT_KEY_QUERY_PROJECTION = "Wq";
   private static final String WEIGHT_KEY_KEY_PROJECTION = "Wk";
@@ -173,19 +173,24 @@ public class LearnedSelfAttentionLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
   public static abstract class LearnedSelfAttentionLayerBuilder<
           C extends LearnedSelfAttentionLayer, B extends LearnedSelfAttentionLayerBuilder<C, B>>
       extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
-    public C build() {
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(
-          this.projectInput || this.nHeads == 1, "projectInput must be true when nHeads != 1");
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(
-          this.projectInput || nIn == nOut, "nIn must be equal to nOut when projectInput is false");
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(
-          !this.projectInput || nOut != 0, "nOut must be specified when projectInput is true");
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(
-          this.nOut % nHeads == 0 || headSize > 0,
-          "nOut isn't divided by nHeads cleanly. Specify the headSize manually.");
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(this.nQueries > 0, "You must set numQueries.");
 
-      return initBuild();
+  }
+
+  private static final class LearnedSelfAttentionLayerBuilderImpl extends LearnedSelfAttentionLayerBuilder<LearnedSelfAttentionLayer, LearnedSelfAttentionLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public LearnedSelfAttentionLayer build() {
+      LearnedSelfAttentionLayer l = new LearnedSelfAttentionLayer(this);
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(
+              l.isProjectInput() || l.getNHeads() == 1, "projectInput must be true when nHeads != 1");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(
+              l.isProjectInput() || l.getNIn() == l.getNOut(), "nIn must be equal to nOut when projectInput is false");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(
+              !l.isProjectInput() || l.getNOut() != 0, "nOut must be specified when projectInput is true");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(
+              l.getNOut() % l.getNHeads() == 0 || l.getHeadSize() > 0,
+              "nOut isn't divided by nHeads cleanly. Specify the headSize manually.");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(l.getNQueries() > 0, "You must set numQueries.");
+
+      return l;
     }
   }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/LocallyConnected1D.java

@@ -48,19 +48,9 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @JsonIgnoreProperties({"paramShapes"})
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class LocallyConnected1D extends SameDiffLayer {
 
-  public static abstract class LocallyConnected1DBuilder<C extends LocallyConnected1D, B extends LocallyConnected1DBuilder<C, B>> extends
-  SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
-    public C build() {
-      Convolution1DUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(convolutionMode$value, padding$value);
-      Convolution1DUtils.validateCnn1DKernelStridePadding(kernelSize$value, stride$value, padding$value);
-      C l = initBuild();
-    return l;
-    }
-  }
-
   private static final List<String> WEIGHT_KEYS =
       Collections.singletonList(ConvolutionParamInitializer.WEIGHT_KEY);
   private static final List<String> BIAS_KEYS =
@@ -89,10 +79,8 @@ public class LocallyConnected1D extends SameDiffLayer {
   private int paddingR; // Right/bottom padding
   /** Convolution mode for the layer. See {@link ConvolutionMode} for details */
   @Builder.Default private ConvolutionMode convolutionMode = ConvolutionMode.Same;
-
   /** Dilation for the layer */
   @Builder.Default private int dilation = 1;
-
   /** If true (default is false) the layer will have a bias */
   @Builder.Default private boolean hasBias = true;
 
@@ -272,4 +260,20 @@ public class LocallyConnected1D extends SameDiffLayer {
       convolutionMode = global_conf.getConvolutionMode();
     }
   }
+
+  private static final class LocallyConnected1DBuilderImpl
+      extends LocallyConnected1DBuilder<LocallyConnected1D, LocallyConnected1DBuilderImpl> {
+    public LocallyConnected1D build() {
+      LocallyConnected1D l = new LocallyConnected1D(this);
+      Convolution1DUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
+      Convolution1DUtils.validateCnn1DKernelStridePadding(
+          l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
+
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public abstract static class LocallyConnected1DBuilder<
+          C extends LocallyConnected1D, B extends LocallyConnected1DBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {}
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/LocallyConnected2D.java

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import org.nd4j.autodiff.samediff.SDVariable;
 import org.nd4j.autodiff.samediff.SameDiff;
 import org.nd4j.enums.PadMode;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.Activation;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.IActivation;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.memory.MemoryWorkspace;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
 @JsonIgnoreProperties({"paramShapes"})
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class LocallyConnected2D extends SameDiffLayer {
 
   private static final List<String> WEIGHT_KEYS =
@@ -318,14 +317,18 @@ public class LocallyConnected2D extends SameDiffLayer {
     }
   }
 
-  public static abstract class LocallyConnected2DBuilder<
+  private static final class LocallyConnected2DBuilderImpl
-          C extends LocallyConnected2D, B extends LocallyConnected2DBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends LocallyConnected2DBuilder<LocallyConnected2D, LocallyConnected2DBuilderImpl> {
-      extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+    public LocallyConnected2D build() {
-    public C build() {
+      LocallyConnected2D l = new LocallyConnected2D(this);
-      featureDim(kernel$value[0] * kernel$value[1] * (int) nIn);
+      l.setFeatureDim(l.getKernel()[0] * l.getKernel()[1] * (int) l.getNIn());
-      C l = initBuild();
       return l;
     }
+  }
+
+  public abstract static class LocallyConnected2DBuilder<
+          C extends LocallyConnected2D, B extends LocallyConnected2DBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
 
     public B kernelSize(int... kernel) {
       this.kernel$value = ValidationUtils.validate2NonNegative(kernel, false, "kernel");

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/OutputLayer.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
-
 import lombok.*;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
@@ -33,13 +32,12 @@ import org.deeplearning4j.optimize.api.TrainingListener;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.activations.Activation;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.buffer.DataType;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
-import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.ILossFunction;
 import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.LossFunctions;
 
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class OutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
 
   { // Set default activation function to softmax (to match default loss function MCXENT)
@@ -82,15 +80,16 @@ public class OutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
     return DefaultParamInitializer.getInstance();
   }
 
-  public static abstract class OutputLayerBuilder<
+  public abstract static class OutputLayerBuilder<
           C extends OutputLayer, B extends OutputLayerBuilder<C, B>>
-      extends BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+      extends BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {}
-    public C build() {
+
-      C l = this.initBuild();
+  private static final class OutputLayerBuilderImpl
+      extends OutputLayerBuilder<OutputLayer, OutputLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public OutputLayer build() {
+      OutputLayer l = new OutputLayer(this);
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
-
-
   }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/PReLULayer.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class PReLULayer extends BaseLayerConfiguration {
   /**
    * Explicitly set input shape of incoming activations so that parameters can be initialized
@@ -129,14 +129,17 @@ public class PReLULayer extends BaseLayerConfiguration {
         .build();
   }
 
-  public static abstract class PReLULayerBuilder<
+  private static final class PReLULayerBuilderImpl extends PReLULayerBuilder<PReLULayer, PReLULayerBuilderImpl> {
-          C extends PReLULayer, B extends PReLULayerBuilder<C, B>>
+    public PReLULayer build() {
-      extends BaseLayerConfigurationBuilder<C, B> {
+      PReLULayer l = new PReLULayer(this);
-    public C build() {
-      C l = initBuild();
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
+  }
+  public static abstract class PReLULayerBuilder<
+          C extends PReLULayer, B extends PReLULayerBuilder<C, B>>
+      extends BaseLayerConfigurationBuilder<C, B> {
+
 
     /**
      * Explicitly set input shape of incoming activations so that parameters can be initialized

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Pooling1D.java

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Pooling1D extends Subsampling1DLayer {
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Pooling2D.java

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Pooling2D extends SubsamplingLayer {
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/PrimaryCapsules.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class PrimaryCapsules extends SameDiffLayer {
 
   private static final String WEIGHT_PARAM = "weight";
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public class PrimaryCapsules extends SameDiffLayer {
     }
   }
 
-  public static abstract class PrimaryCapsulesBuilder<
+  public abstract static class PrimaryCapsulesBuilder<
           C extends PrimaryCapsules, B extends PrimaryCapsulesBuilder<C, B>>
       extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C, B> {
 
@@ -396,27 +396,30 @@ public class PrimaryCapsules extends SameDiffLayer {
       this.useLeakyReLU$set = true;
       return self();
     }
+  }
 
-    public C build() {
+  private static final class PrimaryCapsulesBuilderImpl
-      C l = initBuild();
+      extends PrimaryCapsulesBuilder<PrimaryCapsules, PrimaryCapsulesBuilderImpl> {
-      if (capsuleDimensions <= 0 || channels$value <= 0) {
+    public PrimaryCapsules build() {
+      PrimaryCapsules l = new PrimaryCapsules(this);
+      if (l.getCapsuleDimensions() <= 0 || l.getChannels() <= 0) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
             "Invalid configuration for Primary Capsules (layer name = \""
                 + l.getName()
                 + "\"):"
                 + " capsuleDimensions and channels must be > 0.  Got: "
-                + capsuleDimensions
+                + l.getCapsuleDimensions()
                 + ", "
-                + channels$value);
+                + l.getChannels());
       }
 
-      if (capsules < 0) {
+      if (l.getCapsules() < 0) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
             "Invalid configuration for Capsule ILayer (layer name = \""
                 + l.getName()
                 + "\"):"
                 + " capsules must be >= 0 if set.  Got: "
-                + capsules);
+                + l.getCapsules());
       }
       return l;
     }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/RecurrentAttentionLayer.java

@@ -43,21 +43,25 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class RecurrentAttentionLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
 
+    private static final class RecurrentAttentionLayerBuilderImpl extends RecurrentAttentionLayerBuilder<RecurrentAttentionLayer, RecurrentAttentionLayerBuilderImpl> {
+        public RecurrentAttentionLayer build() {
+            RecurrentAttentionLayer l = new RecurrentAttentionLayer(this);
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(l.isProjectInput() || l.getNHeads() == 1, "projectInput must be true when nHeads != 1");
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(l.isProjectInput() || l.getNIn() == l.getNOut(), "nIn must be equal to nOut when projectInput is false");
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(!l.isProjectInput() || l.getNOut() != 0, "nOut must be specified when projectInput is true");
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(l.getNOut() % l.getNHeads() == 0 || l.getNHeads() > 0, "nOut isn't divided by nHeads cleanly. Specify the headSize manually.");
+
+
+            return l;
+        }
+    }
     public static abstract class RecurrentAttentionLayerBuilder<C extends RecurrentAttentionLayer, B extends RecurrentAttentionLayerBuilder<C,B>>
     extends SameDiffLayerBuilder<C,B> {
 
-        public C build() {
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(this.projectInput$value || this.nHeads == 1, "projectInput must be true when nHeads != 1");
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(this.projectInput$value || nIn == nOut, "nIn must be equal to nOut when projectInput is false");
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(!this.projectInput$value || nOut != 0, "nOut must be specified when projectInput is true");
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(this.nOut % nHeads == 0 || headSize > 0, "nOut isn't divided by nHeads cleanly. Specify the headSize manually.");
 
-            C l = initBuild();
-            return l;
-        }
     }
 
     /**

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/RnnOutputLayer.java

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
-import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
 import org.deeplearning4j.nn.api.Layer;
@@ -42,12 +41,12 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.lossfunctions.LossFunctions;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class RnnOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
 
   /**
-     * @param rnnDataFormat Data format expected by the layer. NCW = [miniBatchSize, size, timeSeriesLength],
+   * @param rnnDataFormat Data format expected by the layer. NCW = [miniBatchSize, size,
-     * NWC = [miniBatchSize, timeSeriesLength, size]. Defaults to NCW.
+   *     timeSeriesLength], NWC = [miniBatchSize, timeSeriesLength, size]. Defaults to NCW.
    */
   private RNNFormat dataFormat;
 
@@ -59,13 +58,17 @@ public class RnnOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
    * @param lossFn Loss function for the output layer
    */
   public static RnnOutputLayerBuilder<?, ?> builder(LossFunctions.LossFunction lossFn) {
-        return innerBuilder()
+    return innerBuilder().lossFunction(lossFn);
-                .lossFunction(lossFn);
   }
 
   @Override
-    public Layer instantiate(NeuralNetConfiguration conf, Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+  public Layer instantiate(
-                             int layerIndex, INDArray layerParamsView, boolean initializeParams, DataType networkDataType) {
+      NeuralNetConfiguration conf,
+      Collection<TrainingListener> trainingListeners,
+      int layerIndex,
+      INDArray layerParamsView,
+      boolean initializeParams,
+      DataType networkDataType) {
     LayerValidation.assertNInNOutSet("RnnOutputLayer", getName(), layerIndex, getNIn(), getNOut());
     LayerConfiguration lconf = conf.getFlattenedLayerConfigurations().get(layerIndex);
 
@@ -88,8 +91,13 @@ public class RnnOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
   @Override
   public InputType getOutputType(int layerIndex, InputType inputType) {
     if (inputType == null || inputType.getType() != InputType.Type.RNN) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid input type for RnnOutputLayer (layer index = " + layerIndex
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    + ", layer name=\"" + getName() + "\"): Expected RNN input, got " + inputType);
+          "Invalid input type for RnnOutputLayer (layer index = "
+              + layerIndex
+              + ", layer name=\""
+              + getName()
+              + "\"): Expected RNN input, got "
+              + inputType);
     }
     InputType.InputTypeRecurrent itr = (InputType.InputTypeRecurrent) inputType;
 
@@ -99,8 +107,11 @@ public class RnnOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
   @Override
   public void setNIn(InputType inputType, boolean override) {
     if (inputType == null || inputType.getType() != InputType.Type.RNN) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid input type for RnnOutputLayer (layer name=\"" + getName()
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    + "\"): Expected RNN input, got " + inputType);
+          "Invalid input type for RnnOutputLayer (layer name=\""
+              + getName()
+              + "\"): Expected RNN input, got "
+              + inputType);
     }
 
     InputType.InputTypeRecurrent r = (InputType.InputTypeRecurrent) inputType;
@@ -118,12 +129,16 @@ public class RnnOutputLayer extends BaseOutputLayer {
     return InputTypeUtil.getPreprocessorForInputTypeRnnLayers(inputType, dataFormat, getName());
   }
 
-    public static abstract class RnnOutputLayerBuilder<C extends RnnOutputLayer, B extends RnnOutputLayerBuilder<C, B>> extends BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+  public abstract static class RnnOutputLayerBuilder<
-        public C build() {
+          C extends RnnOutputLayer, B extends RnnOutputLayerBuilder<C, B>>
-            C l = this.initBuild();
+      extends BaseOutputLayerBuilder<C, B> {}
+
+  private static final class RnnOutputLayerBuilderImpl
+      extends RnnOutputLayerBuilder<RnnOutputLayer, RnnOutputLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public RnnOutputLayer build() {
+      RnnOutputLayer l = new RnnOutputLayer(this);
       l.initializeConstraints();
       return l;
     }
   }
-
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/SelfAttentionLayer.java

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.factory.Nd4j;
 
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class SelfAttentionLayer extends SameDiffLayer {
   private static final String WEIGHT_KEY_QUERY_PROJECTION = "Wq";
   private static final String WEIGHT_KEY_KEY_PROJECTION = "Wk";

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/SeparableConvolution2D.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class SeparableConvolution2D extends ConvolutionLayer {
   /**
    * Set constraints to be applied to the point-wise convolution weight parameters of this layer.

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Subsampling1DLayer.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Subsampling1DLayer extends SubsamplingLayer {
 
   @Override
@@ -153,11 +153,9 @@ public class Subsampling1DLayer extends SubsamplingLayer {
     return true;
   }
 
-  public static abstract class Subsampling1DLayerBuilder<C extends Subsampling1DLayer, B extends Subsampling1DLayerBuilder<C, B>> extends
+  private static final class Subsampling1DLayerBuilderImpl extends Subsampling1DLayerBuilder<Subsampling1DLayer, Subsampling1DLayerBuilderImpl> {
-  SubsamplingLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+    public Subsampling1DLayer build() {
-
+      Subsampling1DLayer l =new Subsampling1DLayer(this);
-    public C build() {
-      C l = this.initBuild();
       if (l.getPoolingType() == org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers.PoolingType.PNORM && l.getPnorm() <= 0) {
         throw new IllegalStateException(
                 "Incorrect Subsampling config: p-norm must be set when using PoolingType.PNORM");
@@ -167,6 +165,11 @@ public class Subsampling1DLayer extends SubsamplingLayer {
       return l;
     }
 
+  }
+  public static abstract class Subsampling1DLayerBuilder<C extends Subsampling1DLayer, B extends Subsampling1DLayerBuilder<C, B>> extends
+  SubsamplingLayerBuilder<C, B> {
+
+
 /**
 *
    * @param kernelSize

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/Subsampling3DLayer.java

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.regularization.Regularization;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder", buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class Subsampling3DLayer extends NoParamLayer {
 
   @Builder.Default protected ConvolutionMode convolutionMode = ConvolutionMode.Truncate;
@@ -304,17 +304,22 @@ public class Subsampling3DLayer extends NoParamLayer {
       return self();
     }
 
-    public C build() {
+
-      if (kernelSize.length != 3) {
+  }
+
+  private static final class Subsampling3DLayerBuilderImpl extends Subsampling3DLayerBuilder<Subsampling3DLayer, Subsampling3DLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public Subsampling3DLayer build() {
+      Subsampling3DLayer l = new Subsampling3DLayer(this);
+      if (l.getKernelSize().length != 3) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Kernel size must be length 3");
       }
 
-      if (stride.length != 3) {
+      if (l.getStride().length != 3) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid stride, must be length 3");
       }
-      C l = this.initBuild();
+
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), padding);
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
-      Convolution3DUtils.validateCnn3DKernelStridePadding(kernelSize, stride, padding);
+      Convolution3DUtils.validateCnn3DKernelStridePadding(l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
       return l;
     }
   }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/SubsamplingLayer.java

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.api.ndarray.INDArray;
 @Data
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild", builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class SubsamplingLayer extends NoParamLayer {
 
   public static final CNN2DFormat DEFAULT_FORMAT = CNN2DFormat.NCHW;
@@ -425,25 +425,7 @@ public class SubsamplingLayer extends NoParamLayer {
       return self();
     }
 
-    public C build() {
-      if (kernelSize$value.length != 2) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Kernel size of should be rows x columns (a 2d array)");
-      }
 
-      if (stride$value.length != 2) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid stride, must be length 2");
-      }
-      if (poolingType$value == org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers.PoolingType.PNORM && pnorm <= 0) {
-        throw new IllegalStateException(
-            "Incorrect Subsampling config: p-norm must be set when using PoolingType.PNORM");
-      }
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(convolutionMode$value, padding$value);
-      ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
-          kernelSize$value, stride$value, padding$value);
-
-      C l = initBuild();
-      return l;
-    }
 
     public B setConvolutionMode(ConvolutionMode convolutionMode){
       Preconditions.checkState(allowCausal$value || convolutionMode$value != ConvolutionMode.Causal, "Causal convolution mode can only be used with 1D" +
@@ -459,4 +441,25 @@ public class SubsamplingLayer extends NoParamLayer {
       return self();
     }
   }
+  private static final class SubsamplingLayerBuilderImpl extends SubsamplingLayerBuilder<SubsamplingLayer, SubsamplingLayerBuilderImpl> {
+    public SubsamplingLayer build() {
+      SubsamplingLayer l = new SubsamplingLayer(this);
+      if (l.getKernelSize().length != 2) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Kernel size of should be rows x columns (a 2d array)");
+      }
+
+      if (l.getStride().length != 2) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid stride, must be length 2");
+      }
+      if (l.getPoolingType() == org.deeplearning4j.nn.conf.layers.PoolingType.PNORM && l.getPnorm() <= 0) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                "Incorrect Subsampling config: p-norm must be set when using PoolingType.PNORM");
+      }
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateConvolutionModePadding(l.getConvolutionMode(), l.getPadding());
+      ConvolutionUtils.validateCnnKernelStridePadding(
+              l.getKernelSize(), l.getStride(), l.getPadding());
+
+      return l;
+    }
+  }
 }

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/ZeroPaddingLayer.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 @Data
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = true)
-@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder", buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder(builderMethodName = "innerBuilder")
 public class ZeroPaddingLayer extends NoParamLayer {
     /**
      * @param padding Padding value for top, bottom, left, and right. Must be length 4 array

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/objdetect/Yolo2OutputLayer.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import org.nd4j.serde.jackson.shaded.NDArrayTextSerializer;
 
 
 @EqualsAndHashCode(callSuper = false)
-@SuperBuilder(buildMethodName = "initBuild")
+@SuperBuilder
 public class Yolo2OutputLayer extends LayerConfiguration {
 
   /**

cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-nn/src/main/java/org/deeplearning4j/nn/conf/layers/wrapper/BaseWrapperLayerConfiguration.java

@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ import org.nd4j.linalg.learning.regularization.Regularization;
 public abstract class BaseWrapperLayerConfiguration extends LayerConfiguration {
 
   /** The configuration to of another layer to wrap */
-  @Getter @Setter
+  @Getter @Setter protected LayerConfiguration underlying;
-  protected LayerConfiguration underlying;
 
   /**
    * Set the net configuration for this configuration as well as for the underlying layer (if not