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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include "armnn/Types.hpp"
+#include "armnn/Tensor.hpp"
+#include "armnn/INetwork.hpp"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace armnnTfParser
+{
+
+using BindingPointInfo = std::pair<armnn::LayerBindingId, armnn::TensorInfo>;
+
+class ITfParser;
+using ITfParserPtr = std::unique_ptr<ITfParser, void(*)(ITfParser* parser)>;
+
+/// parses a directed acyclic graph from a tensorflow protobuf file
+class ITfParser
+{
+public:
+ static ITfParser* CreateRaw();
+ static ITfParserPtr Create();
+ static void Destroy(ITfParser* parser);
+
+ /// Create the network from a protobuf text file on disk
+ virtual armnn::INetworkPtr CreateNetworkFromTextFile(
+ const char* graphFile,
+ const std::map<std::string, armnn::TensorShape>& inputShapes,
+ const std::vector<std::string>& requestedOutputs) = 0;
+
+ /// Create the network from a protobuf binary file on disk
+ virtual armnn::INetworkPtr CreateNetworkFromBinaryFile(
+ const char* graphFile,
+ const std::map<std::string, armnn::TensorShape>& inputShapes,
+ const std::vector<std::string>& requestedOutputs) = 0;
+
+ /// Create the network directly from protobuf text in a string. Useful for debugging/testing
+ virtual armnn::INetworkPtr CreateNetworkFromString(
+ const char* protoText,
+ const std::map<std::string, armnn::TensorShape>& inputShapes,
+ const std::vector<std::string>& requestedOutputs) = 0;
+
+ /// Retrieve binding info (layer id and tensor info) for the network input identified by the given layer name
+ virtual BindingPointInfo GetNetworkInputBindingInfo(const std::string& name) const = 0;
+
+ /// Retrieve binding info (layer id and tensor info) for the network output identified by the given layer name
+ virtual BindingPointInfo GetNetworkOutputBindingInfo(const std::string& name) const = 0;
+
+protected:
+ virtual ~ITfParser() {};
+};
+
+}