arm_compute/graph/ITensorHandle.h

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#ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_GRAPH_ITENSORHANDLE_H__
#define __ARM_COMPUTE_GRAPH_ITENSORHANDLE_H__

#include "arm_compute/core/ITensor.h"

namespace arm_compute
{
namespace graph
{
/** Tensor handle interface object */
class ITensorHandle
{
public:
    /** Default virtual destructor */
    virtual ~ITensorHandle() = default;
    /** Allocates backend memory for the handle */
    virtual void allocate() = 0;
    /** Backend tensor object accessor */
    virtual arm_compute::ITensor &tensor() = 0;
    /** Backend tensor object const accessor */
    virtual const arm_compute::ITensor &tensor() const = 0;
    /** Maps backend tensor object
     *
     * @param[in] blocking Flags if the mapping operations should be blocking
     */
    virtual void map(bool blocking) = 0;
    /** Un-maps a backend tensor object */
    virtual void unmap() = 0;
    /** Releases backend tensor if is marked as unused
     *
     *
     * @note This has no effect on sub-tensors
     * @warning Parent tensors don't keep track of sub-tensors,
     *          thus if a parent is set as unused then all sub-tensors will be invalidated,
     *          on the other hand if a sub-tensor is marked as unused then the parent tensor won't be released
     */
    virtual void release_if_unused() = 0;
    /** Checks if a backing tensor is a sub-tensor object or not
     *
     * @return True if the backend tensor is a sub-tensor else false
     */
    virtual bool is_subtensor() const = 0;
};
} // namespace graph
} // namespace arm_compute
#endif /* __ARM_COMPUTE_GRAPH_ITENSORHANDLE_H__ */