public:
  // Construct a ParallelTensor from TensorHandles placed on the component
  // devices of a ParallelDevice. If called, ParallelTensor::Shape inspects
  // `components` to determine a shape.
  static std::unique_ptr<ParallelTensor> FromTensorHandles(
      const ParallelDevice& parallel_device,
      std::vector<TensorHandlePtr> components, TF_Status* status);

  //
  // -1 indicates an unknown axis length; this is unreachable for most standard
  // ImmediateExecutionTensorHandles, but comes up for example when computing
  // the shape of a parallel tensor with component shapes differing across
  // devices.
  virtual Status Dim(int dim_index, int64_t* dim) const = 0;

  // Returns the device which created the handle.
  virtual const char* DeviceName(Status* status) const = 0;