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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 "Utils.h"
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace arm_compute
+{
+namespace utils
+{
+namespace
+{
+/* Advance the iterator to the first character which is not a comment
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] fs Stream to drop comments from
+ */
+void discard_comments(std::ifstream &fs)
+{
+    while(fs.peek() == '#')
+    {
+        fs.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
+    }
+}
+
+/* Advance the string iterator to the next character which is neither a space or a comment
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] fs Stream to drop comments from
+ */
+void discard_comments_and_spaces(std::ifstream &fs)
+{
+    while(true)
+    {
+        discard_comments(fs);
+
+        if(isspace(fs.peek()) == 0)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        fs.ignore(1);
+    }
+}
+} // namespace
+
+int run_example(int argc, const char **argv, example &func)
+{
+    std::cout << "\n"
+              << argv[0] << "\n\n";
+
+    try
+    {
+        func(argc, argv);
+
+        std::cout << "\nTest passed\n";
+        return 0;
+    }
+#ifdef ARM_COMPUTE_CL
+    catch(cl::Error &err)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << std::endl
+                  << "ERROR " << err.what() << "(" << err.err() << ")" << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" << std::endl;
+    }
+#endif /* ARM_COMPUTE_CL */
+    catch(std::runtime_error &err)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << std::endl
+                  << "ERROR " << err.what() << " " << (errno ? strerror(errno) : "") << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "\nTest FAILED\n";
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+void draw_detection_rectangle(ITensor *tensor, const DetectionWindow &rect, uint8_t r, uint8_t g, uint8_t b)
+{
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_FORMAT_NOT_IN(tensor, Format::RGB888);
+
+    uint8_t *top    = tensor->info()->offset_element_in_bytes(Coordinates(rect.x, rect.y)) + tensor->buffer();
+    uint8_t *bottom = tensor->info()->offset_element_in_bytes(Coordinates(rect.x, rect.y + rect.height)) + tensor->buffer();
+    uint8_t *left   = top;
+    uint8_t *right  = tensor->info()->offset_element_in_bytes(Coordinates(rect.x + rect.width, rect.y)) + tensor->buffer();
+    size_t   stride = tensor->info()->strides_in_bytes()[Window::DimY];
+
+    for(size_t x = 0; x < rect.width; ++x)
+    {
+        top[0]    = r;
+        top[1]    = g;
+        top[2]    = b;
+        bottom[0] = r;
+        bottom[1] = g;
+        bottom[2] = b;
+
+        top += 3;
+        bottom += 3;
+    }
+
+    for(size_t y = 0; y < rect.height; ++y)
+    {
+        left[0]  = r;
+        left[1]  = g;
+        left[2]  = b;
+        right[0] = r;
+        right[1] = g;
+        right[2] = b;
+
+        left += stride;
+        right += stride;
+    }
+}
+
+std::tuple<unsigned int, unsigned int, int> parse_ppm_header(std::ifstream &fs)
+{
+    // Check the PPM magic number is valid
+    std::array<char, 2> magic_number{ { 0 } };
+    fs >> magic_number[0] >> magic_number[1];
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG(magic_number[0] != 'P' || magic_number[1] != '6', "Invalid file type");
+    ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(magic_number);
+
+    discard_comments_and_spaces(fs);
+
+    unsigned int width = 0;
+    fs >> width;
+
+    discard_comments_and_spaces(fs);
+
+    unsigned int height = 0;
+    fs >> height;
+
+    discard_comments_and_spaces(fs);
+
+    int max_val = 0;
+    fs >> max_val;
+
+    discard_comments(fs);
+
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG(isspace(fs.peek()) == 0, "Invalid PPM header");
+    fs.ignore(1);
+
+    return std::make_tuple(width, height, max_val);
+}
+} // namespace utils
+} // namespace arm_compute