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24 #ifndef __ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__
25 #define __ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__
27 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
28 #include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"
32 /** Common information for all the kernels */
39 virtual ~IKernel() = default;
40 /** Indicates whether or not the kernel is parallelisable
42 * If the kernel is parallelisable then the window returned by window() can be split into sub-windows
43 * which can then be run in parallel.
45 * If the kernel is not parallelisable then only the window returned by window() can be passed to run()
47 * @return True if the kernel is parallelisable
49 virtual bool is_parallelisable() const;
50 /** The size of the border for that kernel
52 * @return The width in number of elements of the border.
54 virtual BorderSize border_size() const;
55 /** The maximum window the kernel can be executed on
57 * @return The maximum window the kernel can be executed on.
59 const Window &window() const;
62 /** Configure the kernel's window
64 * @param[in] window The maximum window which will be returned by window()
66 void configure(const Window &window);
72 #endif /*__ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H__ */