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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifndef __VALIDATE_EXAMPLE_H__
+#define __VALIDATE_EXAMPLE_H__
+
+#include "utils/Utils.h"
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace framework
+{
+class Printer;
+} // namespace framework
+} // namespace test
+namespace utils
+{
+/** Abstract ValidateExample class.
+ *
+ * All examples with a validation stage have to inherit from this class.
+ */
+class ValidateExample
+{
+public:
+ /** Setup the example.
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Argument count.
+ * @param[in] argv Argument values.
+ */
+ virtual bool do_setup(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(argc, argv);
+ return true;
+ };
+ /** Run the example. */
+ virtual void do_run() {};
+ /** Run reference implementation and validate against the target output
+ */
+ virtual void do_validate()
+ {
+ }
+ /** Teardown the example. */
+ virtual void do_teardown() {};
+ /** Print the example parameters
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] printer Printer to use to print the parameters
+ */
+ virtual void print_parameters(test::framework::Printer &printer)
+ {
+ ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(printer);
+ }
+
+ /** Default destructor */
+ virtual ~ValidateExample() = default;
+};
+/** Run an example and handle the potential exceptions it throws
+ *
+ * @param[in] argc Number of command line arguments
+ * @param[in] argv Command line arguments
+ * @param[in] example Example to run
+ */
+int run_example(int argc, char **argv, std::unique_ptr<ValidateExample> example);
+
+} // namespace utils
+} // namespace arm_compute
+#endif /* __VALIDATE_EXAMPLE_H__ */