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15 
16 #ifndef TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_TF2XLA_XLA_EXPRESSION_H_
17 #define TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_TF2XLA_XLA_EXPRESSION_H_
18 
19 #include "absl/types/optional.h"
20 #include "tensorflow/compiler/tf2xla/xla_resource.h"
21 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/client/client.h"
22 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/client/xla_builder.h"
23 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/statusor.h"
24 #include "tensorflow/core/framework/tensor.h"
25 #include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/status.h"
26 
27 namespace tensorflow {
28 
29 // A XlaExpression represents a symbolic TensorFlow value in a TF->XLA
30 // compilation.
31 // An expression is one of:
32 // * a constant tensor.
33 // * an xla::XlaOp, representing a symbolic XLA value.
34 // * a resource, e.g., a variable, represented as an XlaResource pointer.
35 // * a tensor list, represented by a tuple of tensors and the list length.
36 //
37 // Constant tensors are mostly an optimization to avoid passing large constants
38 // to XLA, but are also sometimes used to represent tensors that have no XLA
39 // representation, for example, DT_STRING tensors. A canonical use case might be
40 // an error message string.
41 //
42 // Tensor lists are very similar to xla::XlaOp, however they require some
43 // specific logic around shape management since the tuples are not supported by
44 // TensorFlow.
45 class XlaExpression {
46  public:
47   enum class Kind {
48     kInvalid,
49     kConstant,
50     kXlaOp,
51     kResource,
52     kTensorList,
53   };
54 
55   XlaExpression();
56   XlaExpression(const XlaExpression&) = default;
57   XlaExpression& operator=(const XlaExpression&) = default;
58 
59   // Builds an invalid expression. (Same as the default constructor, but makes
60   // the intent clearer.)
61   static XlaExpression Invalid();
62 
63   // Builds a constant XLA expression.
64   static XlaExpression Constant(Tensor value);
65 
66   // Builds a XlaOp expression. Since the mapping from TF data types to XLA
67   // types is not 1-1, the TF type must also be provided; in general it cannot
68   // be derived from the XLA type.
69   static XlaExpression XlaOp(xla::XlaOp value, DataType dtype);
70 
71   // Builds a tensor list expression.
72   static XlaExpression TensorList(xla::XlaOp tensor_list);
73 
74   // Builds a resource expression.
75   static XlaExpression Resource(XlaResource* resource);
76 
kind()77   Kind kind() const { return kind_; }
78 
dtype()79   DataType dtype() const { return dtype_; }
80 
81   // handle() returns the XlaOp that backs a kXlaOp expression.
handle()82   const xla::XlaOp& handle() const { return handle_; }
83 
constant_value()84   const Tensor& constant_value() const { return constant_value_; }
85 
resource()86   XlaResource* resource() const { return resource_; }
87 
88   // Returns a human-readable summary of the expression.
89   string HumanString() const;
90 
91   // Returns the value of a kConstant or kXlaOp as an xla::XlaOp. Returns
92   // an erroneous XlaOp if the expression is not a constant or an expression.
93   xla::XlaOp AsXlaOp(xla::XlaBuilder* builder) const;
94 
95   // If a kXlaOp or kConstant expression can be resolved to a compile-time
96   // constant, returns the value as a host-memory Tensor. Returns an empty
97   // optional if it cannot be resolved. Returns an error if passed a resource
98   // expression.
99   xla::StatusOr<absl::optional<Tensor>> ResolveConstant(
100       xla::Client* client) const;
101 
102   // Returns the shape of the tensor.
103   // The shape of a resource is the shape of a resource handle (i.e., a scalar),
104   // not the shape of the resource's value.
105   xla::StatusOr<TensorShape> GetShape() const;
106 
107  private:
108   Kind kind_ = Kind::kInvalid;
109 
110   DataType dtype_ = DT_INVALID;
111 
112   // The XLA handle of the expression's computation, if kind_ == kXlaOp or
113   // a tuple expression if kind_ == kTensorList.
114   xla::XlaOp handle_;
115 
116   // The value of the constant, if kind_ == kConstant.
117   Tensor constant_value_;
118 
119   // The resource, if kind_ == kResource. Not owned.
120   XlaResource* resource_ = nullptr;
121 };
122 
123 }  // namespace tensorflow
124 
125 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_COMPILER_TF2XLA_XLA_EXPRESSION_H_
126