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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_CLABSOLUTEDIFFERENCE_H__
+#define __ARM_COMPUTE_CLABSOLUTEDIFFERENCE_H__
+
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/ICLSimpleFunction.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+class ICLTensor;
+
+/** Basic function to run @ref CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel
+ *
+ * @note The tensor data types for the inputs must be U8 or S16.
+ * @note The function calculates the absolute difference also when the 2 inputs have different tensor data types.
+ */
+class CLAbsoluteDifference : public ICLSimpleFunction
+{
+public:
+    /** Initialize the function
+     *
+     * @param[in]  input1 First input tensor. Data types supported: U8, S16
+     * @param[in]  input2 Second input tensor. Data types supported: U8, S16
+     * @param[out] output Output tensor. Data types supported: U8, S16
+     */
+    void configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output);
+};
+}
+#endif /* __ARM_COMPUTE_CLABSOLUTEDIFFERENCE_H__ */