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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_FIXTURE
+#define ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_FIXTURE
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace framework
+{
+/** Abstract fixture class.
+ *
+ * All custom fixtures have to inherit from this class.
+ */
+class Fixture
+{
+public:
+    /** Setup function.
+     *
+     * This function is only invoked by non-data fixture test cases. Fixture
+     * data test cases implement a setup function with arguments matching the
+     * dataset.
+     *
+     * The function is called before the test case is executed.
+     */
+    void setup() {};
+
+    /** Teardown function.
+     *
+     * The function is called after the test case finished.
+     */
+    void teardown() {};
+
+protected:
+    Fixture()          = default;
+    virtual ~Fixture() = default;
+};
+} // namespace framework
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute
+#endif /* ARM_COMPUTE_TEST_FIXTURE */