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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 <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace paddle {
+namespace imperative {
+
+class VarBase;
+class OpBase;
+
+typedef std::map<std::string, std::vector<VarBase*>> VarBasePtrMap;
+typedef std::map<std::string, std::vector<OpBase*>> OpBasePtrMap;
+
+}  // namespace imperative
+}  // namespace paddle