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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ */
+#include "Instruments.h"
+
+#include "../Utils.h"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace framework
+{
+InstrumentType instrument_type_from_name(const std::string &name)
+{
+    static const std::map<std::string, InstrumentType> types =
+    {
+        { "all", InstrumentType::ALL },
+        { "none", InstrumentType::NONE },
+        { "wall_clock", InstrumentType::WALL_CLOCK_TIMER },
+        { "cycles", InstrumentType::PMU_CYCLE_COUNTER },
+        { "instructions", InstrumentType::PMU_INSTRUCTION_COUNTER },
+    };
+
+    try
+    {
+        return types.at(tolower(name));
+    }
+    catch(const std::out_of_range &)
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(name);
+    }
+}
+} // namespace framework
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute