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#ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_ISCHEDULER_H__
#define __ARM_COMPUTE_ISCHEDULER_H__

namespace arm_compute
{
class ICPPKernel;

/** Scheduler interface to run kernels */
class IScheduler
{
public:
    /** Destructor. */
    virtual ~IScheduler() = default;
    /** Sets the number of threads the scheduler will use to run the kernels.
     *
     * @param[in] num_threads If set to 0, then one thread per CPU core available on the system will be used, otherwise the number of threads specified.
     */
    virtual void set_num_threads(unsigned int num_threads) = 0;
    /** Returns the number of threads that the SingleThreadScheduler has in his pool.
     *
     * @return Number of threads available in SingleThreadScheduler.
     */
    virtual unsigned int num_threads() const = 0;
    /** Runs the kernel in the same thread as the caller synchronously.
     *
     * @param[in] kernel          Kernel to execute.
     * @param[in] split_dimension Dimension along which to split the kernel's execution window.
     */
    virtual void schedule(ICPPKernel *kernel, unsigned int split_dimension) = 0;
};
}
#endif /* __ARM_COMPUTE_ISCHEDULER_H__ */