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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+namespace profiling
+{
+class IPeriodicCounterCapture
+{
+public:
+    virtual void Start() = 0;
+    virtual ~IPeriodicCounterCapture() {};
+};
+
+} // namespace profiling
+} // namespace armnn
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