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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 "arm_compute/core/TensorShape.h"
+#include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/CLTensor.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/CLTensorAllocator.h"
+#include "arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLDirectConvolutionLayer.h"
+#include "framework/Macros.h"
+#include "framework/datasets/Datasets.h"
+#include "tests/CL/CLAccessor.h"
+#include "tests/TypePrinter.h"
+#include "tests/datasets_new/AlexNetConvolutionLayerDataset.h"
+#include "tests/datasets_new/GoogLeNetConvolutionLayerDataset.h"
+#include "tests/datasets_new/SqueezeNetConvolutionLayerDataset.h"
+#include "tests/fixtures_new/ConvolutionLayerFixture.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+using CLConvolutionLayerFixture = ConvolutionLayerFixture<CLTensor, CLDirectConvolutionLayer, CLAccessor>;
+
+TEST_SUITE(CL)
+
+REGISTER_FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(AlexNetDirectConvolutionLayer, CLConvolutionLayerFixture, framework::DatasetMode::ALL,
+                                framework::dataset::combine(framework::dataset::combine(datasets::AlexNetDirectConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", { DataType::F32 })),
+                                                            framework::dataset::make("Batches", { 1, 4, 8 })));
+
+REGISTER_FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(GoogLeNetDirectConvolutionLayer, CLConvolutionLayerFixture, framework::DatasetMode::ALL,
+                                framework::dataset::combine(framework::dataset::combine(datasets::GoogLeNetDirectConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                            framework::dataset::make("Batches", { 1, 4, 8 })));
+
+REGISTER_FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(SqueezeNetDirectConvolutionLayer, CLConvolutionLayerFixture, framework::DatasetMode::ALL,
+                                framework::dataset::combine(framework::dataset::combine(datasets::SqueezeNetConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                            framework::dataset::make("Batches", { 1, 4, 8 })));
+
+TEST_SUITE_END()
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute