// it in this context.
  virtual AbstractOperation* CreateOperation() = 0;

  // Registers a function with this context, after this the function is
  // available to be called/referenced by its name in this context.
  virtual Status RegisterFunction(AbstractFunction*) = 0;
  // Remove a function. 'func' argument is the name of a previously added
  // FunctionDef. The name is in fdef.signature.name.

  AbstractFunctionKind getKind() const { return kind_; }

  // Returns the AbstractFunction as a FunctionDef.
  virtual Status GetFunctionDef(const FunctionDef**) = 0;

  // Returns a shared reference to the wrapped function.
  virtual absl::StatusOr<core::RefCountPtr<FunctionRecord>>
  GetFunctionRecord() = 0;

 private:
  const AbstractFunctionKind kind_;
};

using AbstractFunctionPtr =

  ~GraphFunction() override;

  // GraphFunction maybe stay alive for the duration of the returned
  // FunctionDef.
  Status GetFunctionDef(const FunctionDef** fdef) override;

  // Returns a shared reference to the wrapped function.
  absl::StatusOr<core::RefCountPtr<FunctionRecord>> GetFunctionRecord()
      override {
    return func_record_.GetNewRef();
  }

  // For LLVM style RTTI.