Encoder Decoder Embedding layer shared in BartModel code

Hello,
I am currently studying Bart model code in transformers library.
I looked up the BartModel class in modeling_bart.py python code and found the following code.


@add_start_docstrings(
    "The bare BART Model outputting raw hidden-states without any specific head on top.",
    BART_START_DOCSTRING,
)
class BartModel(BartPretrainedModel):
    _keys_to_ignore_on_load_missing = ["encoder.embed_tokens.weight", "decoder.embed_tokens.weight"]

    def __init__(self, config: BartConfig):
        super().__init__(config)

        padding_idx, vocab_size = config.pad_token_id, config.vocab_size
        self.shared = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, config.d_model, padding_idx)

        self.encoder = BartEncoder(config, self.shared)
        self.decoder = BartDecoder(config, self.shared)

        # Initialize weights and apply final processing
        self.post_init()

    def get_input_embeddings(self):
        return self.shared

    def set_input_embeddings(self, value):
        self.shared = value
        self.encoder.embed_tokens = self.shared
        self.decoder.embed_tokens = self.shared

    def get_encoder(self):
        return self.encoder

    def get_decoder(self):
        return self.decoder

    @add_start_docstrings_to_model_forward(BART_INPUTS_DOCSTRING)
    @add_code_sample_docstrings(
        checkpoint=_CHECKPOINT_FOR_DOC,
        output_type=Seq2SeqModelOutput,
        config_class=_CONFIG_FOR_DOC,
        expected_output=_EXPECTED_OUTPUT_SHAPE,
    )
    def forward(
        self,
        input_ids: torch.LongTensor = None,
        attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
        decoder_input_ids: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
        decoder_attention_mask: Optional[torch.LongTensor] = None,
        head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
        decoder_head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
        cross_attn_head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
        encoder_outputs: Optional[List[torch.FloatTensor]] = None,
        past_key_values: Optional[List[torch.FloatTensor]] = None,
        inputs_embeds: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
        decoder_inputs_embeds: Optional[torch.FloatTensor] = None,
        use_cache: Optional[bool] = None,
        output_attentions: Optional[bool] = None,
        output_hidden_states: Optional[bool] = None,
        return_dict: Optional[bool] = None,
    ) -> Union[Tuple, Seq2SeqModelOutput]:
        # different to other models, Bart automatically creates decoder_input_ids from
        # input_ids if no decoder_input_ids are provided
        if decoder_input_ids is None and decoder_inputs_embeds is None:
            if input_ids is None:
                raise ValueError(
                    "If no `decoder_input_ids` or `decoder_inputs_embeds` are "
                    "passed, `input_ids` cannot be `None`. Please pass either "
                    "`input_ids` or `decoder_input_ids` or `decoder_inputs_embeds`."
                )

            decoder_input_ids = shift_tokens_right(
                input_ids, self.config.pad_token_id, self.config.decoder_start_token_id
            )

        output_attentions = output_attentions if output_attentions is not None else self.config.output_attentions
        output_hidden_states = (
            output_hidden_states if output_hidden_states is not None else self.config.output_hidden_states
        )
        use_cache = use_cache if use_cache is not None else self.config.use_cache
        return_dict = return_dict if return_dict is not None else self.config.use_return_dict

        if encoder_outputs is None:
            encoder_outputs = self.encoder(
                input_ids=input_ids,
                attention_mask=attention_mask,
                head_mask=head_mask,
                inputs_embeds=inputs_embeds,
                output_attentions=output_attentions,
                output_hidden_states=output_hidden_states,
                return_dict=return_dict,
            )
        # If the user passed a tuple for encoder_outputs, we wrap it in a BaseModelOutput when return_dict=True
        elif return_dict and not isinstance(encoder_outputs, BaseModelOutput):
            encoder_outputs = BaseModelOutput(
                last_hidden_state=encoder_outputs[0],
                hidden_states=encoder_outputs[1] if len(encoder_outputs) > 1 else None,
                attentions=encoder_outputs[2] if len(encoder_outputs) > 2 else None,
            )

        # decoder outputs consists of (dec_features, past_key_value, dec_hidden, dec_attn)
        decoder_outputs = self.decoder(
            input_ids=decoder_input_ids,
            attention_mask=decoder_attention_mask,
            encoder_hidden_states=encoder_outputs[0],
            encoder_attention_mask=attention_mask,
            head_mask=decoder_head_mask,
            cross_attn_head_mask=cross_attn_head_mask,
            past_key_values=past_key_values,
            inputs_embeds=decoder_inputs_embeds,
            use_cache=use_cache,
            output_attentions=output_attentions,
            output_hidden_states=output_hidden_states,
            return_dict=return_dict,
        )

        if not return_dict:
            return decoder_outputs + encoder_outputs

        return Seq2SeqModelOutput(
            last_hidden_state=decoder_outputs.last_hidden_state,
            past_key_values=decoder_outputs.past_key_values,
            decoder_hidden_states=decoder_outputs.hidden_states,
            decoder_attentions=decoder_outputs.attentions,
            cross_attentions=decoder_outputs.cross_attentions,
            encoder_last_hidden_state=encoder_outputs.last_hidden_state,
            encoder_hidden_states=encoder_outputs.hidden_states,
            encoder_attentions=encoder_outputs.attentions,
        )

I tried to use this model to solve translation task.
What I’ve learned is that I have to use two vocabs(src_vocab, target_vocab).
That means I need two Embedding Layers, dosen’t it?
However, I only can see there is one nn.Embedding layer as self.shared.
This is very confusing to me.

How can this model translate one language to another?
Any informative answer is much appreciated!!
Thx!! :laughing:

Okay, This was dumb question… :crazy_face:
One Embedding layer goes to Encoder and Decoder classes separately.
So there will be two embedding layers in the end.
Question is Answered.