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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
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+ */
+#ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_REFERENCE_REFERENCE_H__
+#define __ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_REFERENCE_REFERENCE_H__
+
+#include "RawTensor.h"
+#include "Types.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+/** Interface for reference implementations. */
+class Reference
+{
+public:
+    /** Compute reference integral image.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_integral_image(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference absolute difference.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape  Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in0 Data type of first input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_in1 Data type of second input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out Data type of the output tensor.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_absolute_difference(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in0, DataType dt_in1, DataType dt_out);
+    /** Compute reference accumulate.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_accumulate(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference accumulate.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] shift A uint32_t value within the range of [0, 15]
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_accumulate_squared(const TensorShape &shape, uint32_t shift);
+    /** Compute reference accumulate.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] alpha A float value within the range of [0, 1]
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_accumulate_weighted(const TensorShape &shape, float alpha);
+    /** Compute reference arithmetic addition.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape          Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in0         Data type of first input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_in1         Data type of second input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out         Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] convert_policy Overflow policy of the operation.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_arithmetic_addition(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in0, DataType dt_in1, DataType dt_out, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+    /** Compute reference arithmetic subtraction.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape          Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in0         Data type of first input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_in1         Data type of second input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out         Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] convert_policy Overflow policy of the operation.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_arithmetic_subtraction(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in0, DataType dt_in1, DataType dt_out, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+    /** Compute reference bitwise and.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_bitwise_and(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference bitwise or.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_bitwise_or(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference bitwise xor.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_bitwise_xor(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference bitwise not.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_bitwise_not(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference 3-by-3 box filter.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_box3x3(const TensorShape &shape);
+    /** Compute reference depth convert.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in                Data type of input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out               Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] policy               Overflow policy of the operation.
+     * @param[in] shift                Value for down/up conversions. Must be 0 <= shift < 8.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Fixed point position.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_depth_convert(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in, DataType dt_out, ConvertPolicy policy, uint32_t shift, uint32_t fixed_point_position);
+    /** Compute matrix multiply function.
+     *
+     * @param[in]  src_shape1           First input tensor shape
+     * @param[in]  src_shape2           Second input tensor shape
+     * @param[in]  src_shape3           Third input tensor shape
+     * @param[out] dst_shape            Output tensor.
+     * @param[in]  alpha                Weight of the matrix product
+     * @param[in]  beta                 Weight of the third matrix
+     * @param[in]  dt                   Tensor's data type
+     * @param[in]  fixed_point_position (Optional) Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers
+     *
+     * @return Computed output tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_gemm(const TensorShape &src_shape1, const TensorShape &src_shape2, const TensorShape &src_shape3,
+                                            const TensorShape &dst_shape, float alpha, float beta, DataType dt, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference pixel-wise multiplication
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape           Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in0          Data type of first input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_in1          Data type of second input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out          Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] scale           Non-negative scale.
+     * @param[in] convert_policy  Overflow policy of the operation.
+     * @param[in] rounding_policy Rounding policy of the operation.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_pixel_wise_multiplication(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in0, DataType dt_in1, DataType dt_out, float scale, ConvertPolicy convert_policy,
+                                                                 RoundingPolicy rounding_policy);
+    /** Compute reference pixel-wise multiplication.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in0               Data type of first input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_in1               Data type of second input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out               Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] scale                Scale to apply after multiplication. Must be positive.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Fixed point position that expresses the number of bits for the fractional part of the number.
+     * @param[in] convert_policy       Overflow policy of the operation.
+     * @param[in] rounding_policy      Rounding policy of the operation.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_fixed_point_pixel_wise_multiplication(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in0, DataType dt_in1, DataType dt_out, float scale, int fixed_point_position,
+                                                                             ConvertPolicy convert_policy, RoundingPolicy rounding_policy);
+    /** Compute reference threshold.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape       Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] threshold   Threshold. When the threshold type is RANGE, this is used as the lower threshold.
+     * @param[in] false_value value to set when the condition is not respected.
+     * @param[in] true_value  value to set when the condition is respected.
+     * @param[in] type        Thresholding type. Either RANGE or BINARY.
+     * @param[in] upper       Upper threshold. Only used when the thresholding type is RANGE.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_threshold(const TensorShape &shape, uint8_t threshold, uint8_t false_value, uint8_t true_value, ThresholdType type, uint8_t upper);
+    /** Compute reference activation layer.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type of the tensors.
+     * @param[in] act_info             Activation layer information.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position (Optional)Number of bits for the fractional part of fixed point numbers.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_activation_layer(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt, ActivationLayerInfo act_info, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference batch normalization layer.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape0               Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] shape1               Shape of the vector tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type of all input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] epsilon              Small value to avoid division with zero.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Fixed point position.
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_batch_normalization_layer(const TensorShape &shape0, const TensorShape &shape1, DataType dt, float epsilon, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference pixel-wise multiplication
+     *
+     * @param[in] input_shape          Shape for the input tensor
+     * @param[in] weights_shape        Shape for the weights tensor
+     * @param[in] bias_shape           Shape for the bias tensor
+     * @param[in] output_shape         Shape for the output tensor
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type to use
+     * @param[in] conv_info            Pads and strides information for the convolution layer
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_convolution_layer(const TensorShape &input_shape, const TensorShape &weights_shape, const TensorShape &bias_shape, const TensorShape &output_shape, DataType dt,
+                                                         const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, int fixed_point_position);
+    /** Compute reference for fully connected layer function
+     *
+     * @param[in] input_shape          Shape for the input tensor
+     * @param[in] weights_shape        Shape for the weights tensor
+     * @param[in] bias_shape           Shape for the bias tensor
+     * @param[in] output_shape         Shape for the output tensor
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type to use
+     * @param[in] transpose_weights    Transpose the weights if true
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_fully_connected_layer(const TensorShape &input_shape, const TensorShape &weights_shape, const TensorShape &bias_shape, const TensorShape &output_shape, DataType dt,
+                                                             bool transpose_weights, int fixed_point_position);
+    /** Compute reference normalization layer.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type of input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] norm_info            Normalization Layer information.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position (Optional) Fixed point position that expresses the number of bits for the fractional part of the number when the tensor's data type is QS8 or QS16 (default = 0).
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_normalization_layer(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference pooling layer.
+      *
+      * @param[in] shape_in             Shape of the input tensor.
+      * @param[in] shape_out            Shape of the output tensor.
+      * @param[in] dt                   Data type of input and output tensors.
+      * @param[in] pool_info            Pooling Layer information.
+      * @param[in] fixed_point_position (Optional) Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers.
+      *
+      * @return Computed raw tensor.
+      */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_pooling_layer(const TensorShape &shape_in, const TensorShape &shape_out, DataType dt, PoolingLayerInfo pool_info, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference softmax layer.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt                   Data type of input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position (Optional) Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_softmax_layer(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt, int fixed_point_position = 0);
+    /** Compute reference fixed point operation.
+     *
+     * @param[in] shape                Shape of the input and output tensors.
+     * @param[in] dt_in                Data type of the input tensor.
+     * @param[in] dt_out               Data type of the output tensor.
+     * @param[in] op                   Fixed point operation to perform.
+     * @param[in] fixed_point_position Number of bits for the fractional part of the fixed point numbers
+     *
+     * @return Computed raw tensor.
+     */
+    static RawTensor compute_reference_fixed_point_operation(const TensorShape &shape, DataType dt_in, DataType dt_out, FixedPointOp op, int fixed_point_position);
+
+protected:
+    Reference()  = default;
+    ~Reference() = default;
+};
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute
+#endif