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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__
+#define __ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__
+
+#include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+/** Common information for all the kernels */
+class IKernel
+{
+public:
+    /** Constructor */
+    IKernel();
+    /** Destructor */
+    virtual ~IKernel() = default;
+    /** Indicates whether or not the kernel is parallelisable
+     *
+     * If the kernel is parallelisable then the window returned by window() can be split into sub-windows
+     * which can then be run in parallel.
+     *
+     * If the kernel is not parallelisable then only the window returned by window() can be passed to run()
+     *
+     * @return True if the kernel is parallelisable
+     */
+    virtual bool is_parallelisable() const;
+    /** The size of the border for that kernel
+     *
+     * @return The width in number of elements of the border.
+     */
+    virtual BorderSize border_size() const;
+    /** The maximum window the kernel can be executed on
+     *
+     * @return The maximum window the kernel can be executed on.
+     */
+    const Window &window() const;
+
+protected:
+    /** Configure the kernel's window
+     *
+     * @param[in] window The maximum window which will be returned by window()
+     */
+    void configure(const Window &window);
+
+private:
+    Window _window;
+};
+}
+#endif /*__ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__ */