Build MXNet under windows

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /target/
 /opencv/cppbuild/
 /opencv/target/
+/openblas/cppbuild/
+/openblas/target/
 /ffmpeg/cppbuild/
 /ffmpeg/target/
 /flycapture/cppbuild/
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
 /mxnet/target/
 /tensorflow/cppbuild/
 /tensorflow/target/
+/hdf5/cppbuild/
+/hdf5/target/
 
 # Mac
 .DS_Store

hdf5/cppbuild.sh

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ case $PLATFORM in
 # Installers available at: https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5110.html
     windows-*)
         if [[ ! -d "/C/Program Files/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.10.0/" ]]; then
-            echo "Please install HDF5 under the default installation directory"
+            echo "Please install HDF5 (https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5110.html) under the default installation directory (C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.10.0\)"
             exit 1
         fi
         ;;

mxnet/cppbuild.sh

@@ -23,6 +23,43 @@ case $PLATFORM in
         export CXX="clang-omp++"
         export BLAS="apple"
         ;;
+	windows-*)
+		return 0
+		mkdir -p $PLATFORM
+		cd $PLATFORM	
+		INSTALL_PATH=`pwd`		
+
+		# clone mxnet and its submodules
+ 		git clone https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet.git --recursive
+		cd mxnet
+
+		# checkout a stable commit
+		git checkout a5aeb0c43028f41863a8148eb3ecf30e90caad1e
+
+		# configure the build
+		export OPENCV_DIR="$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/" # override the system variable
+		USE_X="-DUSE_CUDA=OFF -DUSE_CUDNN=OFF -DUSE_OPENCV=ON"
+		OPENCV="-DOpenCV_DIR=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/ -DOpenCV_CONFIG_PATH=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/ -DOpenCV_3RDPARTY_LIB_DIR_DBG=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/lib -DOpenCV_3RDPARTY_LIB_DIR_OPT=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/lib -DOpenCV_LIB_DIR_DBG=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/lib -DOpenCV_LIB_DIR_OPT=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../opencv/cppbuild/$PLATFORM//lib"
+		OPENBLAS="-DOpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../openblas/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/include/ -DOpenBLAS_LIB=$INSTALL_PATH/../../../openblas/cppbuild/$PLATFORM/lib/libopenblas.dll.a"        
+		"$CMAKE" -G "Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.. $USE_X $OPENBLAS $OPENCV
+
+		# build the project
+		MSBuild.exe ALL_BUILD.vcxproj //p:Configuration=Release
+
+		# copy include files
+		mkdir ../include
+		cp -a include/mxnet dmlc-core/include/dmlc mshadow/mshadow ../include
+
+		# copy binary files
+		mkdir ../bin
+		cp -a Release/* ../bin
+
+		# copy library files
+		mkdir ../lib
+		cp -a Release/* ../lib
+		cd ../..
+		return 0
+        ;;
     *)
         echo "Error: Platform \"$PLATFORM\" is not supported"
         return 0

mxnet/src/main/java/org/bytedeco/javacpp/presets/mxnet.java

@@ -37,11 +37,20 @@
  * @author Samuel Audet
  */
 @Properties(inherit = {openblas.class, opencv_highgui.class}, target = "org.bytedeco.javacpp.mxnet", value = {
-    @Platform(value = {"linux-x86", "macosx"}, compiler = "cpp11", define = {"DMLC_USE_CXX11 1", "MSHADOW_USE_CBLAS 1", "MSHADOW_IN_CXX11 1"},
-        include = {"mxnet/c_api.h", "mxnet/c_predict_api.h", /*"dmlc/base.h", "dmlc/io.h", "dmlc/logging.h", "dmlc/type_traits.h",
-                   "dmlc/parameter.h", "mshadow/base.h", "mshadow/expression.h", "mshadow/tensor.h", "mxnet/base.h",*/},
-        link = "mxnet", includepath = {"/usr/local/cuda/include/",
-        "/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/", "/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/"}, linkpath = "/usr/local/cuda/lib/") })
+    @Platform(value = {"linux-x86", "macosx"}, 
+				compiler = "cpp11", 
+				define = {"DMLC_USE_CXX11 1", "MSHADOW_USE_CBLAS 1", "MSHADOW_IN_CXX11 1"},
+				include = {"mxnet/c_api.h", "mxnet/c_predict_api.h", /*"dmlc/base.h", "dmlc/io.h", "dmlc/logging.h", "dmlc/type_traits.h",
+						   "dmlc/parameter.h", "mshadow/base.h", "mshadow/expression.h", "mshadow/tensor.h", "mxnet/base.h",*/},
+				link = "mxnet", 
+				includepath = {"/usr/local/cuda/include/", "/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/", "/System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/"}, 
+				linkpath = "/usr/local/cuda/lib/"
+			),		
+ 	@Platform(value = {"windows"}, 
+				include = {"mxnet/c_api.h", "mxnet/c_predict_api.h" },
+				link = { "libmxnet" }
+			)
+})
 public class mxnet implements InfoMapper {
     public void map(InfoMap infoMap) {
         infoMap.put(new Info("MXNET_EXTERN_C", "MXNET_DLL").cppTypes().annotations())

openblas/cppbuild.sh

@@ -101,4 +101,11 @@ esac
 make -j $MAKEJ libs netlib shared "CROSS_SUFFIX=$CROSS_SUFFIX" "CC=$CC" "FC=$FC" "HOSTCC=$HOSTCC" BINARY=$BINARY TARGET=$TARGET COMMON_PROF=
 make install "PREFIX=$INSTALL_PATH"
 
+# create .lib files which can be used in other builds
+case $PLATFORM in
+	windows-*)
+		cp ../lib/libopenblas.dll.a ../lib/openblas.lib
+		;;
+esac
+
 cd ../..

pom.xml

@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.0</version>
+        <version>1.5.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>javacpp.cppbuild.install</id>