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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include "armnn/INetwork.hpp"
+#include "armnn/NetworkFwd.hpp"
+#include "armnn/Types.hpp"
+
+namespace armnnSerializer
+{
+
+class ISerializer;
+using ISerializerPtr = std::unique_ptr<ISerializer, void(*)(ISerializer* serializer)>;
+
+class ISerializer
+{
+public:
+    static ISerializer* CreateRaw();
+    static ISerializerPtr Create();
+    static void Destroy(ISerializer* serializer);
+
+    /// Serializes the network to ArmNN SerializedGraph.
+    /// @param [in] inNetwork The network to be serialized.
+    virtual void Serialize(const armnn::INetwork& inNetwork) = 0;
+
+    /// Serializes the SerializedGraph to the stream.
+    /// @param [stream] the stream to save to
+    /// @return true if graph is Serialized to the Stream, false otherwise
+    virtual bool SaveSerializedToStream(std::ostream& stream) = 0;
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~ISerializer() {};
+};
+
+} //namespace armnnSerializer