// be an empty string if no device was explicitly requested, but will
  // otherwise be the name of this custom device. Ops are placed onto a custom
  // device if any of their inputs are on that custom device, but custom devices
  // are free to set a bad status in order to require explicit placement.
  void (*execute)(const TFE_Op* op, int* num_outputs,

      const = 0;
  virtual Status SetInput(size_t index,
                          ImmediateExecutionTensorHandle* input) = 0;

  virtual ImmediateExecutionContext* GetContext() const = 0;

  // Following two methods are used to support custom device.
  // Return true if the inputs contain custom device tensor handle. It means
  // that the argument need to be handled by a custom device.
  virtual bool HasCustomDeviceInput() const = 0;

//   are not optimizing for convenience.
// * We make assumption that one session has one graph.  This should be
//   fine since we have the ability to run sub-graphs.
// * We could allow NULL for some arguments (e.g., NULL options arg).
//   However since convenience is not a primary goal, we don't do this.
// * Devices are not in this API.  Instead, they are created/used internally

  // resulting per-device and per-output TFE_TensorHandles into one
  // ParallelTensor per output of the original operation.
  //
  // Attributes are forwarded to executed operations unmodified.
  //
  // The returned optional has a value if and only if `status` evaluates to
  // TF_OK. Bad statuses are forwarded from underlying `TFE_Execute` calls, or
  // if sanity checks on dtypes/metadata fail.

};

// If `persistent_tape` is true, op_tape is not changed and none of the
// backwards functions are deleted.
// If `persistent_tape` is false, op_tape is cleared and backwards functions
// not needed for gradient computation are deleted. Backwards functions that
// are needed, are copied and returned in BackpropInitialState.
template <typename BackwardFunction, typename TapeTensor>

// called.
//
// Pass "library_filename" to a platform-specific mechanism for dynamically
// loading a library. The rules for determining the exact location of the
// library are platform-specific and are not documented here.
//
// On success, returns the newly created library handle and places OK in status.
// The caller owns the library handle.
//

    TFE_ContextOptions* options, const void* proto, size_t proto_len,
    TF_Status* status);

// Controls how to act when we try to run an operation on a given device but
// some input tensors are not on that device.
// LINT.IfChange
// Note: Keep in sync with internal copy of enum in eager/context.h.
typedef enum TFE_ContextDevicePlacementPolicy {
  // Running operations with input tensors on the wrong device will fail.

  // Following are helper functions to assist integrating TFRT with current
  // TF eager runtime.
  // TODO(b/172877902): These helper functions are currently used to support
  // PyFuncOp on TFRT, and might be useful for ops that directly use low
  // level TF APIs. Remove/replace the following functions when TFRT native
  // ops are implemented.

/// This file builds classes needed to hold a filesystem implementation in the
/// modular world. Once all TensorFlow filesystems are converted to use the
/// plugin based approach, this file will replace the one in core/platform and
/// the names will lose the `Modular` part. Until that point, the `Modular*`
/// classes here are experimental and subject to breaking changes.
/// For documentation on these methods, consult `core/platform/filesystem.h`.

  // appropriate.
  virtual tensorflow::FullTypeDef FullType() const = 0;

  // The default debug string includes a shape, dtype and FullType.
  // Implementations are free to override it with something more informative.
  virtual std::string DebugString() const;

  AbstractTensorHandleKind getKind() const { return kind_; }

 private:
  const AbstractTensorHandleKind kind_;
};