kEager,
    kTfrt,
    kTape,
    kOpHandler
  };
  explicit AbstractOperation(AbstractOperationKind kind) : kind_(kind) {}
  virtual ~AbstractOperation() {}

 public:
  AbstractOperationKind getKind() const { return kind_; }

  // Release any underlying resources, including the interface object.
  //
  // WARNING: The destructor of this class is marked as protected to disallow