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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include "IProfilingConnection.hpp"
+
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <Runtime.hpp>
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+namespace profiling
+{
+
+class SocketProfilingConnection : public IProfilingConnection
+{
+public:
+    SocketProfilingConnection();
+    bool IsOpen() final;
+    void Close() final;
+    bool WritePacket(const char* buffer, uint32_t length) final;
+    Packet ReadPacket(uint32_t timeout) final;
+private:
+    // To indicate we want to use an abstract UDS ensure the first character of the address is 0.
+    const char* m_GatorNamespace = "\0gatord_namespace";
+    struct pollfd m_Socket[1]{};
+};
+
+} // namespace profiling
+} // namespace armnn