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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.
+ */
+#ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H__
+#define __ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H__
+
+#include "tests/validation_new/Helpers.h"
+#include "tests/validation_new/SimpleTensor.h"
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+namespace reference
+{
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<is_floating_point<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src);
+
+template <typename T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, int>::type = 0>
+SimpleTensor<T> softmax_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src);
+} // namespace reference
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute
+#endif /* __ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_SOFTMAX_LAYER_H__ */