function [pos, neg] = pascal_data(cls, flippedpos, year)

% [pos, neg] = pascal_data(cls)
% Get training data from the PASCAL dataset.

setVOCyear = year;
globals; 
pascal_init;

if nargin < 2
  flippedpos = false;
end

try
  load([cachedir cls '_train_' year]);
catch
  % positive examples from train+val
  ids = textread(sprintf(VOCopts.imgsetpath, 'trainval'), '%s');
  pos = [];
  numpos = 0;
  for i = 1:length(ids);
    fprintf('%s: parsing positives: %d/%d\n', cls, i, length(ids));
    rec = PASreadrecord(sprintf(VOCopts.annopath, ids{i}));
    clsinds = strmatch(cls, {rec.objects(:).class}, 'exact');
    % skip difficult examples
    diff = [rec.objects(clsinds).difficult];
    clsinds(diff) = [];
    for j = clsinds(:)'
      numpos = numpos+1;
      pos(numpos).im = [VOCopts.datadir rec.imgname];
      bbox = rec.objects(j).bbox;
      pos(numpos).x1 = bbox(1);
      pos(numpos).y1 = bbox(2);
      pos(numpos).x2 = bbox(3);
      pos(numpos).y2 = bbox(4);
      pos(numpos).flip = false;
      pos(numpos).trunc = rec.objects(j).truncated;
      if flippedpos
        oldx1 = bbox(1);
        oldx2 = bbox(3);
        bbox(1) = rec.imgsize(1) - oldx2 + 1;
        bbox(3) = rec.imgsize(1) - oldx1 + 1;
        numpos = numpos+1;
        pos(numpos).im = [VOCopts.datadir rec.imgname];
        pos(numpos).x1 = bbox(1);
        pos(numpos).y1 = bbox(2);
        pos(numpos).x2 = bbox(3);
        pos(numpos).y2 = bbox(4);
        pos(numpos).flip = true;
        pos(numpos).trunc = rec.objects(j).truncated;
      end
    end
  end

  % negative examples from train (this seems enough!)
  ids = textread(sprintf(VOCopts.imgsetpath, 'train'), '%s');
  neg = [];
  numneg = 0;
  for i = 1:length(ids);
    fprintf('%s: parsing negatives: %d/%d\n', cls, i, length(ids));
    rec = PASreadrecord(sprintf(VOCopts.annopath, ids{i}));
    clsinds = strmatch(cls, {rec.objects(:).class}, 'exact');
    if length(clsinds) == 0
      numneg = numneg+1;
      neg(numneg).im = [VOCopts.datadir rec.imgname];
      neg(numneg).flip = false;
    end
  end
  
  save([cachedir cls '_train_' year], 'pos', 'neg');
end