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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <backendsCommon/Workload.hpp>
+
+#include <arm_compute/core/Error.h>
+#include <arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLElementWiseUnaryLayer.h>
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+arm_compute::Status ClAbsWorkloadValidate(const TensorInfo& input, const TensorInfo& output);
+
+class ClAbsWorkload : public BaseWorkload<AbsQueueDescriptor>
+{
+public:
+    ClAbsWorkload(const AbsQueueDescriptor& descriptor, const WorkloadInfo& info);
+    virtual void Execute() const override;
+
+private:
+    mutable arm_compute::CLAbsLayer m_AbsLayer;
+};
+
+} // namespace armnn