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#ifndef ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H
#define ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H

#include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
#include "arm_compute/core/Window.h"

namespace arm_compute
{
/** Common information for all the kernels */
class IKernel
{
public:
    /** Constructor */
    IKernel();
    /** Destructor */
    virtual ~IKernel() = default;
    /** Indicates whether or not the kernel is parallelisable
     *
     * If the kernel is parallelisable then the window returned by window() can be split into sub-windows
     * which can then be run in parallel.
     *
     * If the kernel is not parallelisable then only the window returned by window() can be passed to run()
     *
     * @return True if the kernel is parallelisable
     */
    virtual bool is_parallelisable() const;
    /** The size of the border for that kernel
     *
     * @return The width in number of elements of the border.
     */
    virtual BorderSize border_size() const;
    /** The maximum window the kernel can be executed on
     *
     * @return The maximum window the kernel can be executed on.
     */
    const Window &window() const;

protected:
    /** Configure the kernel's window
     *
     * @param[in] window The maximum window which will be returned by window()
     */
    void configure(const Window &window);

private:
    Window _window;
};
}
#endif /*ARM_COMPUTE_IKERNEL_H */