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+//
+// Copyright © 2020 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include <armnn/Types.hpp>
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+/// Workload interface to enqueue a layer computation.
+class IWorkload {
+public:
+    virtual ~IWorkload() {}
+
+    virtual void PostAllocationConfigure() = 0;
+
+    virtual void Execute() const = 0;
+
+    virtual profiling::ProfilingGuid GetGuid() const = 0;
+
+    virtual void RegisterDebugCallback(const DebugCallbackFunction & /*func*/) {}
+};
+
+} //namespace armnn