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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 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.
+ */
+#include "ValidationProgramOptions.h"
+
+#include <thread>
+
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Weffc++"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wnon-virtual-dtor"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wctor-dtor-privacy"
+#include "boost/program_options.hpp"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace test
+{
+namespace validation
+{
+ValidationProgramOptions::ValidationProgramOptions()
+{
+    boost::program_options::options_description options("Validation options");
+    options.add_options()("runs", boost::program_options::value<unsigned int>()->default_value(1), "Repetitions per test");
+    options.add_options()("threads", boost::program_options::value<unsigned int>()->default_value(std::thread::hardware_concurrency()), "Number of parallel CPU threads");
+    add_options(options);
+}
+} // namespace validation
+} // namespace test
+} // namespace arm_compute