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Pure-Java code for the TensorFlow machine intelligence library.

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/* Copyright 2017 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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==============================================================================*/

package org.tensorflow;

/**
 * Interface implemented by operands of a TensorFlow operation.
 *
 * Example usage:
 *
 * 
{@code
 * // The "decodeJpeg" operation can be used as an operand to the "cast" operation
 * Operand decodeJpeg = ops.image().decodeJpeg(...);
 * ops.math().cast(decodeJpeg, DataType.FLOAT);
 *
 * // The output "y" of the "unique" operation can be used as an operand to the "cast" operation
 * Output y = ops.array().unique(...).y();
 * ops.math().cast(y, Float.class);
 *
 * // The "split" operation can be used as operand list to the "concat" operation
 * Iterable> split = ops.array().split(...);
 * ops.array().concat(0, split);
 * }
 */
public interface Operand {

  /**
   * Returns the symbolic handle of a tensor.
   *
   * Inputs to TensorFlow operations are outputs of another TensorFlow operation. This method is
   * used to obtain a symbolic handle that represents the computation of the input.
   *
   * @see OperationBuilder#addInput(Output)
   */
  Output asOutput();
}