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-/* Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License. */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <memory>
-#include <typeindex>
-#include <vector>
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/data_layout.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/ddim.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/framework.pb.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/memory/memory.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/platform/device_context.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/platform/enforce.h"
-#include "paddle/fluid/platform/place.h"
-
-namespace paddle {
-
-namespace framework {
-
-class Communicator {
- public:
-  Communicator() {}
-  ~Communicator() {}
-
- private:
-};
-
-}  // namespace framework
-}  // namespace paddle
-
-#include "paddle/fluid/framework/tensor_impl.h"