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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ProfilingGuid.hpp"
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+namespace profiling
+{
+
+class IProfilingGuidGenerator
+{
+public:
+    /// Return the next random Guid in the sequence
+    virtual ProfilingDynamicGuid NextGuid() = 0;
+
+    /// Create a ProfilingStaticGuid based on a hash of the string
+    virtual ProfilingStaticGuid GenerateStaticId(const std::string& str) = 0;
+
+    virtual ~IProfilingGuidGenerator() {}
+};
+
+} // namespace profiling
+
+} // namespace armnn