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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <backendsCommon/Workload.hpp>
+#include <backendsCommon/WorkloadData.hpp>
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+class RefL2NormalizationWorkload : public BaseWorkload<L2NormalizationQueueDescriptor>
+{
+public:
+    explicit RefL2NormalizationWorkload(const L2NormalizationQueueDescriptor& descriptor,
+                                        const WorkloadInfo& info);
+
+    void Execute() const override;
+};
+
+} //namespace armnn