ie_c_api.h

// Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//

/**
 * @file ie_c_api.h
 * C API of Inference Engine bridge unlocks using of OpenVINO Inference Engine
 * library and all its plugins in native applications disabling usage
 * of C++ API. The scope of API covers significant part of C++ API and includes
 * an ability to read model from the disk, modify input and output information
 * to correspond their runtime representation like data types or memory layout,
 * load in-memory model to Inference Engine on different devices including
 * heterogeneous and multi-device modes, manage memory where input and output
 * is allocated and manage inference flow.
 **/

/**
 *  @defgroup ie_c_api Inference Engine C API
 *  Inference Engine C API
 */

#ifndef IE_C_API_H
#define IE_C_API_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include "openvino/c/deprecated.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
#    define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN extern "C"
#else
#    define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN
#endif

#if defined(OPENVINO_STATIC_LIBRARY) || defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 4)
#    define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(...) INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN __VA_ARGS__
#    define IE_NODISCARD
#else
#    if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
#        define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_CALLBACK __cdecl
#        ifdef openvino_c_EXPORTS
#            define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(...) INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN __declspec(dllexport) __VA_ARGS__ __cdecl
#        else
#            define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(...) INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN __declspec(dllimport) __VA_ARGS__ __cdecl
#        endif
#        define IE_NODISCARD
#    else
#        define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(...) \
            INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_EXTERN __attribute__((visibility("default"))) __VA_ARGS__
#        define IE_NODISCARD __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
#    endif
#endif

#ifndef INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_CALLBACK
#    define INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_CALLBACK
#endif

typedef struct ie_core ie_core_t;
typedef struct ie_network ie_network_t;
typedef struct ie_executable ie_executable_network_t;
typedef struct ie_infer_request ie_infer_request_t;
typedef struct ie_blob ie_blob_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_version
 * @brief Represents an API version information that reflects the set of supported features
 */
typedef struct ie_version {
    char* api_version;  //!< A string representing Inference Engine version
} ie_version_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_core_version
 * @brief  Represents version information that describes devices and the inference engine runtime library
 */
typedef struct ie_core_version {
    size_t major;              //!< A major version
    size_t minor;              //!< A minor version
    const char* device_name;   //!< A device name
    const char* build_number;  //!< A build number
    const char* description;   //!< A device description
} ie_core_version_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_core_versions
 * @brief Represents all versions information that describes all devices and the inference engine runtime library
 */
typedef struct ie_core_versions {
    ie_core_version_t* versions;  //!< An array of device versions
    size_t num_vers;              //!< A number of versions in the array
} ie_core_versions_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_config
 * @brief Represents configuration information that describes devices
 */
typedef struct ie_config {
    const char* name;        //!< A configuration key
    const char* value;       //!< A configuration value
    struct ie_config* next;  //!< A pointer to the next configuration value
} ie_config_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_param
 * @brief metric and config parameters.
 */
typedef struct ie_param {
    union {
        char* params;
        unsigned int number;
        unsigned int range_for_async_infer_request[3];
        unsigned int range_for_streams[2];
    };
} ie_param_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_param_config
 * @brief Represents configuration parameter information
 */
typedef struct ie_param_config {
    char* name;
    ie_param_t* param;
} ie_param_config_t;

/**
 * @struct desc
 * @brief Represents detailed information for an error
 */
typedef struct desc {
    char msg[256];  //!< A description message
} desc_t;

/**
 * @struct dimensions
 * @brief Represents dimensions for input or output data
 */
typedef struct dimensions {
    size_t ranks;    //!< A runk representing a number of dimensions
    size_t dims[8];  //!< An array of dimensions
} dimensions_t;

/**
 * @enum layout_e
 * @brief Layouts that the inference engine supports
 */
typedef enum {
    ANY = 0,  //!< "ANY" layout

    // I/O data layouts
    NCHW = 1,   //!< "NCHW" layout
    NHWC = 2,   //!< "NHWC" layout
    NCDHW = 3,  //!< "NCDHW" layout
    NDHWC = 4,  //!< "NDHWC" layout

    // weight layouts
    OIHW = 64,  //!< "OIHW" layout

    // Scalar
    SCALAR = 95,  //!< "SCALAR" layout

    // bias layouts
    C = 96,  //!< "C" layout

    // Single image layout (for mean image)
    CHW = 128,  //!< "CHW" layout

    // 2D
    HW = 192,  //!< "HW" layout
    NC = 193,  //!< "NC" layout
    CN = 194,  //!< "CN" layout

    BLOCKED = 200,  //!< "BLOCKED" layout
} layout_e;

/**
 * @enum precision_e
 * @brief Precisions that the inference engine supports
 */
typedef enum {
    UNSPECIFIED = 255, /**< Unspecified value. Used by default */
    MIXED = 0,         /**< Mixed value. Can be received from network. No applicable for tensors */
    FP32 = 10,         /**< 32bit floating point value */
    FP16 = 11,         /**< 16bit floating point value */
    FP64 = 13,         /**< 64bit floating point value */
    Q78 = 20,          /**< 16bit specific signed fixed point precision */
    I16 = 30,          /**< 16bit signed integer value */
    U4 = 39,           /**< 4bit unsigned integer value */
    U8 = 40,           /**< 8bit unsigned integer value */
    I4 = 49,           /**< 4bit signed integer value */
    I8 = 50,           /**< 8bit signed integer value */
    U16 = 60,          /**< 16bit unsigned integer value */
    I32 = 70,          /**< 32bit signed integer value */
    I64 = 72,          /**< 64bit signed integer value */
    U64 = 73,          /**< 64bit unsigned integer value */
    U32 = 74,          /**< 32bit unsigned integer value */
    BIN = 71,          /**< 1bit integer value */
    CUSTOM = 80        /**< custom precision has it's own name and size of elements */
} precision_e;

/**
 * @struct tensor_desc
 * @brief Represents detailed information for a tensor
 */
typedef struct tensor_desc {
    layout_e layout;
    dimensions_t dims;
    precision_e precision;
} tensor_desc_t;

/**
 * @enum colorformat_e
 * @brief Extra information about input color format for preprocessing
 */
typedef enum {
    RAW = 0u,  //!< Plain blob (default), no extra color processing required
    RGB,       //!< RGB color format
    BGR,       //!< BGR color format, default in OpenVINO
    RGBX,      //!< RGBX color format with X ignored during inference
    BGRX       //!< BGRX color format with X ignored during inference
} colorformat_e;

/**
 * @enum resize_alg_e
 * @brief Represents the list of supported resize algorithms.
 */
typedef enum {
    NO_RESIZE = 0,    //!< "No resize" mode
    RESIZE_BILINEAR,  //!< "Bilinear resize" mode
    RESIZE_AREA       //!< "Area resize" mode
} resize_alg_e;

/**
 * @enum IEStatusCode
 * @brief This enum contains codes for all possible return values of the interface functions
 */
typedef enum {
    OK = 0,
    GENERAL_ERROR = -1,
    NOT_IMPLEMENTED = -2,
    NETWORK_NOT_LOADED = -3,
    PARAMETER_MISMATCH = -4,
    NOT_FOUND = -5,
    OUT_OF_BOUNDS = -6,
    /*
     * @brief exception not of std::exception derived type was thrown
     */
    UNEXPECTED = -7,
    REQUEST_BUSY = -8,
    RESULT_NOT_READY = -9,
    NOT_ALLOCATED = -10,
    INFER_NOT_STARTED = -11,
    NETWORK_NOT_READ = -12,
    INFER_CANCELLED = -13,
} IEStatusCode;

/**
 * @struct roi_t
 * @brief This structure describes roi data.
 */
typedef struct roi {
    size_t id;     //!< ID of a roi
    size_t posX;   //!< W upper left coordinate of roi
    size_t posY;   //!< H upper left coordinate of roi
    size_t sizeX;  //!< W size of roi
    size_t sizeY;  //!< H size of roi
} roi_t;

/**
 * @struct input_shape
 * @brief Represents shape for input data
 */
typedef struct input_shape {
    char* name;
    dimensions_t shape;
} input_shape_t;

/**
 * @struct input_shapes
 * @brief Represents shapes for all input data
 */
typedef struct input_shapes {
    input_shape_t* shapes;
    size_t shape_num;
} input_shapes_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_blob_buffer
 * @brief Represents copied data from the given blob.
 */
typedef struct ie_blob_buffer {
    union {
        void* buffer;         //!< buffer can be written
        const void* cbuffer;  //!< cbuffer is read-only
    };
} ie_blob_buffer_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_complete_call_back
 * @brief Completion callback definition about the function and args
 */
typedef struct ie_complete_call_back {
    void(INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API_CALLBACK* completeCallBackFunc)(void* args);
    void* args;
} ie_complete_call_back_t;

/**
 * @struct ie_available_devices
 * @brief Represent all available devices.
 */
typedef struct ie_available_devices {
    char** devices;
    size_t num_devices;
} ie_available_devices_t;

/**
 * @brief Returns number of version that is exported. Use the ie_version_free() to free memory.
 * @return Version number of the API.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(ie_version_t) ie_c_api_version(void);

/**
 * @brief Release the memory allocated by ie_c_api_version.
 * @param version A pointer to the ie_version_t to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_version_free(ie_version_t* version);

/**
 * @brief Release the memory allocated by ie_param_t.
 * @param param A pointer to the ie_param_t to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_param_free(ie_param_t* param);

// Core

/**
 * @defgroup Core Core
 * @ingroup ie_c_api
 * Set of functions dedicated to working with registered plugins and loading
 * network to the registered devices.
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @brief Constructs Inference Engine Core instance using XML configuration file with devices description.
 * See RegisterPlugins for more details. Use the ie_core_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param xml_config_file A path to .xml file with devices to load from. If XML configuration file is not specified,
 * then default Inference Engine devices are loaded from the default plugin.xml file.
 * @param core A pointer to the newly created ie_core_t.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_core_create(const char* xml_config_file, ie_core_t** core);

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occupied by core.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the core to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_core_free(ie_core_t** core);

/**
 * @brief Gets version information of the device specified. Use the ie_core_versions_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param device_name Name to identify device.
 * @param versions A pointer to versions corresponding to device_name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_get_versions(const ie_core_t* core, const char* device_name, ie_core_versions_t* versions);

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occupied by ie_core_versions.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param vers A pointer to the ie_core_versions to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_core_versions_free(ie_core_versions_t* vers);

/**
 * @brief Reads the model from the .xml and .bin files of the IR. Use the ie_network_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param xml .xml file's path of the IR.
 * @param weights_file .bin file's path of the IR, if path is empty, will try to read bin file with the same name as xml
 * and if bin file with the same name was not found, will load IR without weights.
 * @param network A pointer to the newly created network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_read_network(ie_core_t* core, const char* xml, const char* weights_file, ie_network_t** network);

/**
 * @brief Reads the model from an xml string and a blob of the bin part of the IR. Use the ie_network_free() method to
 * free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param xml_content Xml content of the IR.
 * @param xml_content_size Number of bytes in the xml content of the IR.
 * @param weight_blob Blob containing the bin part of the IR.
 * @param network A pointer to the newly created network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_read_network_from_memory(ie_core_t* core,
                                 const uint8_t* xml_content,
                                 size_t xml_content_size,
                                 const ie_blob_t* weight_blob,
                                 ie_network_t** network);

/**
 * @brief Creates an executable network from a network previously exported to a file. Users can create as many networks
 * as they need and use them simultaneously (up to the limitation of the hardware resources). Use the
 * ie_exec_network_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param file_name A path to the location of the exported file.
 * @param device_name A name of the device to load the network to.
 * @param config Device configuration.
 * @param exe_network A pointer to the newly created executable network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_import_network(ie_core_t* core,
                       const char* file_name,
                       const char* device_name,
                       const ie_config_t* config,
                       ie_executable_network_t** exe_network);

/**
 * @brief Creates an executable network from a network previously exported to memory. Users can create as many networks
 * as they need and use them simultaneously (up to the limitation of the hardware resources). Use the
 * ie_exec_network_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param content A pointer to content of the exported network.
 * @param content_size Number of bytes in the exported network.
 * @param device_name A name of the device to load the network to.
 * @param config Device configuration.
 * @param exe_network A pointer to the newly created executable network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_import_network_from_memory(ie_core_t* core,
                                   const uint8_t* content,
                                   size_t content_size,
                                   const char* device_name,
                                   const ie_config_t* config,
                                   ie_executable_network_t** exe_network);

/**
 * @brief Exports an executable network to a .bin file.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param exe_network A pointer to the newly created executable network.
 * @param file_name Path to the file to export the network to.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_export_network(ie_executable_network_t* exe_network, const char* file_name);

/**
 * @brief Creates an executable network from a given network object. Users can create as many networks as they need and
 * use them simultaneously (up to the limitation of the hardware resources). Use the ie_exec_network_free() method to
 * free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param network A pointer to the input ie_network instance to create the executable network from.
 * @param device_name Name of the device to load the network to.
 * @param config Device configuration.
 * @param exe_network A pointer to the newly created executable network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_load_network(ie_core_t* core,
                     const ie_network_t* network,
                     const char* device_name,
                     const ie_config_t* config,
                     ie_executable_network_t** exe_network);

/**
 * @brief Reads model and creates an executable network from IR or ONNX file. Users can create as many networks as they
 * need and use them simultaneously (up to the limitation of the hardware resources). Use the ie_exec_network_free()
 * method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to the ie_core_t instance.
 * @param xml .xml file's path of the IR. Weights file name will be calculated automatically
 * @param device_name Name of device to load network to.
 * @param config Device configuration.
 * @param exe_network A pointer to the newly created executable network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_load_network_from_file(ie_core_t* core,
                               const char* xml,
                               const char* device_name,
                               const ie_config_t* config,
                               ie_executable_network_t** exe_network);

/**
 * @brief Sets configuration for device.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param ie_core_config Device configuration.
 * @param device_name An optional name of a device. If device name is not specified,
 * the config is set for all the registered devices.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_set_config(ie_core_t* core, const ie_config_t* ie_core_config, const char* device_name);

/**
 * @brief Registers a new device and a plugin which implement this device inside Inference Engine.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param plugin - A path (absolute or relative) or name of a plugin. Depending on platform,
 * plugin is wrapped with shared library suffix and prefix to identify library full name
 * @param device_name A device name to register plugin for. If not specified, the method registers
 * a plugin with the default name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_register_plugin(ie_core_t* core, const char* plugin, const char* device_name);

/**
 * @brief Registers plugins specified in an ".xml" configuration file.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param xml_config_file A full path to ".xml" file containing plugins configuration.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_register_plugins(ie_core_t* core, const char* xml_config_file);

/**
 * @brief Unregisters a plugin with a specified device name.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param device_name A device name of the device to unregister.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_core_unregister_plugin(ie_core_t* core, const char* device_name);

/**
 * @brief Loads extension library to the device with a specified device name.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param extension_path Path to the extensions library file to load to a device.
 * @param device_name A device name of a device to load the extensions to.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_add_extension(ie_core_t* core, const char* extension_path, const char* device_name);

/**
 * @brief Gets general runtime metric for dedicated hardware. The method is needed to request common device properties
 * which are executable network agnostic. It can be device name, temperature, other devices-specific values.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param device_name A name of a device to get a metric value.
 * @param metric_name A metric name to request.
 * @param param_result A metric value corresponding to the metric_name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_get_metric(const ie_core_t* core, const char* device_name, const char* metric_name, ie_param_t* param_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets configuration dedicated to device behaviour. The method is targeted to extract information
 * which can be set via SetConfig method.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param device_name A name of a device to get a configuration value.
 * @param config_name Name of a configuration.
 * @param param_result A configuration value corresponding to the config_name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_get_config(const ie_core_t* core, const char* device_name, const char* config_name, ie_param_t* param_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets available devices for neural network inference.
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param core A pointer to ie_core_t instance.
 * @param avai_devices The devices are returned as { CPU, GPU.0, GPU.1 }
 * If there more than one device of specific type, they are enumerated with .# suffix
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_core_get_available_devices(const ie_core_t* core, ie_available_devices_t* avai_devices);

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occpuied by ie_available_devices_t
 * @ingroup Core
 * @param avai_devices A pointer to the ie_available_devices_t to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_core_available_devices_free(ie_available_devices_t* avai_devices);

/** @} */  // end of Core

// ExecutableNetwork

/**
 * @defgroup ExecutableNetwork ExecutableNetwork
 * @ingroup ie_c_api
 * Set of functions representing of neural networks been loaded to device.
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occupied by ExecutableNetwork.
 * @ingroup ExecutableNetwork
 * @param ie_exec_network A pointer to the ExecutableNetwork to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_exec_network_free(ie_executable_network_t** ie_exec_network);

/**
 * @brief Creates an inference request instance used to infer the network. The created request has allocated input
 * and output blobs (that can be changed later). Use the ie_infer_request_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup ExecutableNetwork
 * @param ie_exec_network A pointer to ie_executable_network_t instance.
 * @param request A pointer to the newly created ie_infer_request_t instance
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_exec_network_create_infer_request(ie_executable_network_t* ie_exec_network, ie_infer_request_t** request);

/**
 * @brief Gets general runtime metric for an executable network. It can be network name, actual device ID on which
 * executable network is running or all other properties which cannot be changed dynamically.
 * @ingroup ExecutableNetwork
 * @param ie_exec_network A pointer to ie_executable_network_t instance.
 * @param metric_name A metric name to request.
 * @param param_result A metric value corresponding to the metric_name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_exec_network_get_metric(const ie_executable_network_t* ie_exec_network,
                           const char* metric_name,
                           ie_param_t* param_result);

/**
 * @brief Sets configuration for current executable network. Currently, the method can be used
 * when the network run on the Multi device and the configuration parameter is only can be "MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES"
 * @ingroup ExecutableNetwork
 * @param ie_exec_network A pointer to ie_executable_network_t instance.
 * @param param_config A pointer to device configuration..
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_exec_network_set_config(ie_executable_network_t* ie_exec_network, const ie_config_t* param_config);

/**
 * @brief Gets configuration for current executable network. The method is responsible to
 * extract information which affects executable network execution.
 * @ingroup ExecutableNetwork
 * @param ie_exec_network A pointer to ie_executable_network_t instance.
 * @param metric_config A configuration parameter name to request.
 * @param param_result A configuration value corresponding to a configuration parameter name.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_exec_network_get_config(const ie_executable_network_t* ie_exec_network,
                           const char* metric_config,
                           ie_param_t* param_result);

/** @} */  // end of ExecutableNetwork

// InferRequest

/**
 * @defgroup InferRequest InferRequest
 * @ingroup ie_c_api
 * Set of functions responsible for dedicated inference for certain
 * ExecutableNetwork.
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occupied by ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to the ie_infer_request_t to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_infer_request_free(ie_infer_request_t** infer_request);

/**
 * @brief Gets input/output data for inference
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @param name Name of input or output blob.
 * @param blob A pointer to input or output blob. The type of Blob must match the network input precision and size.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_infer_request_get_blob(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request, const char* name, ie_blob_t** blob);

/**
 * @brief Sets input/output data to inference.
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @param name Name of input or output blob.
 * @param blob Reference to input or output blob. The type of a blob must match the network input precision and size.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_infer_request_set_blob(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request, const char* name, const ie_blob_t* blob);

/**
 * @brief Starts synchronous inference of the infer request and fill outputs.
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_infer_request_infer(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request);

/**
 * @brief Starts asynchronous inference of the infer request and fill outputs.
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_infer_request_infer_async(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request);

/**
 * @brief Sets a callback function that will be called on success or failure of asynchronous request
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @param callback  A function to be called.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_infer_set_completion_callback(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request, ie_complete_call_back_t* callback);

/**
 * @brief Waits for the result to become available. Blocks until specified timeout elapses or the result becomes
 * available, whichever comes first.
 * @ingroup InferRequest
 * @param infer_request A pointer to ie_infer_request_t instance.
 * @param timeout Maximum duration in milliseconds to block for
 * @note There are special cases when timeout is equal some value of the WaitMode enum:
 * * 0 - Immediately returns the inference status. It does not block or interrupt execution.
 * * -1 - waits until inference result becomes available
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_infer_request_wait(ie_infer_request_t* infer_request, const int64_t timeout);

/** @} */  // end of InferRequest

// Network

/**
 * @defgroup Network Network
 * @ingroup ie_c_api
 * Set of functions managing network been read from the IR before loading
 * of it to the device.
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @brief When network is loaded into the Infernece Engine, it is not required anymore and should be released
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network The pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to free.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_network_free(ie_network_t** network);

/**
 * @brief Get name of network.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to get a name from.
 * @param name Name of the network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_network_get_name(const ie_network_t* network, char** name);

/**
 * @brief Gets number of inputs for the network.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to get number of input information.
 * @param size_result A number of the instance's input information.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_inputs_number(const ie_network_t* network, size_t* size_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets name corresponding to the "number". Use the ie_network_name_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to theinstance of the ie_network_t to get input information.
 * @param number An id of input information .
 * @param name Input name corresponding to the number.
 * @return status Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_name(const ie_network_t* network, size_t number, char** name);

/**
 * @brief Gets a precision of the input data provided by user.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param prec_result A pointer to the precision used for input blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_precision(const ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, precision_e* prec_result);

/**
 * @brief Changes the precision of the input data provided by the user.
 * This function should be called before loading the network to the device.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param p A new precision of the input data to set (eg. precision_e.FP16).
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_input_precision(ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, const precision_e p);

/**
 * @brief Gets a layout of the input data.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param layout_result A pointer to the layout used for input blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_layout(const ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, layout_e* layout_result);

/**
 * @brief Changes the layout of the input data named "input_name".
 * This function should be called before loading the network to the device.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param l A new layout of the input data to set.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_input_layout(ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, const layout_e l);

/**
 * @brief Gets dimensions/shape of the input data with reversed order.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param dims_result A pointer to the dimensions used for input blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_dims(const ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, dimensions_t* dims_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets pre-configured resize algorithm.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param resize_alg_result The pointer to the resize algorithm used for input blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_resize_algorithm(const ie_network_t* network,
                                      const char* input_name,
                                      resize_alg_e* resize_alg_result);

/**
 * @brief Sets resize algorithm to be used during pre-processing
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param resize_algo Resize algorithm.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_input_resize_algorithm(ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, const resize_alg_e resize_algo);

/**
 * @brief Gets color format of the input data.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param colformat_result The pointer to the color format used for input blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_color_format(const ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, colorformat_e* colformat_result);

/**
 * @brief Changes the color format of the input data.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param input_name Name of input data.
 * @param color_format Color format of the input data.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_color_format(ie_network_t* network, const char* input_name, const colorformat_e color_format);

/**
 * @brief Helper method collect all input shapes with input names of corresponding input data.
 * Use the ie_network_input_shapes_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to get input shapes.
 * @param shapes A pointer to the input_shapes.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_input_shapes(ie_network_t* network, input_shapes_t* shapes);

/**
 * @brief Run shape inference with new input shapes for the network.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to reshape.
 * @param shapes A new input shapes to set for the network.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_reshape(ie_network_t* network, const input_shapes_t shapes);

/**
 * @brief Gets number of output for the network.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to the instance of the ie_network_t to get number of output information.
 * @param size_result A number of the network's output information.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_outputs_number(const ie_network_t* network, size_t* size_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets name corresponding to the "number". Use the ie_network_name_free() method to free memory.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to theinstance of the ie_network_t to get output information.
 * @param number An id of output information .
 * @param name Output name corresponding to the number.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_output_name(const ie_network_t* network, const size_t number, char** name);

/**
 * @brief Gets a precision of the output data named "output_name".
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param output_name Name of output data.
 * @param prec_result A pointer to the precision used for output blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_output_precision(const ie_network_t* network, const char* output_name, precision_e* prec_result);

/**
 * @brief Changes the precision of the output data named "output_name".
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param output_name Name of output data.
 * @param p A new precision of the output data to set (eg. precision_e.FP16).
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_output_precision(ie_network_t* network, const char* output_name, const precision_e p);

/**
 * @brief Gets a layout of the output data.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param output_name Name of output data.
 * @param layout_result A pointer to the layout used for output blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_output_layout(const ie_network_t* network, const char* output_name, layout_e* layout_result);

/**
 * @brief Changes the layout of the output data named "output_name".
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param output_name Name of output data.
 * @param l A new layout of the output data to set.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_set_output_layout(ie_network_t* network, const char* output_name, const layout_e l);

/**
 * @brief Gets dimensions/shape of the output data with reversed order.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param network A pointer to ie_network_t instance.
 * @param output_name Name of output data.
 * @param dims_result A pointer to the dimensions used for output blob creation.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_network_get_output_dims(const ie_network_t* network, const char* output_name, dimensions_t* dims_result);

/**
 * @brief Releases memory occupied by input_shapes.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param inputShapes A pointer to the input_shapes to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_network_input_shapes_free(input_shapes_t* inputShapes);

/**
 * @brief Releases momory occupied by input_name or output_name.
 * @ingroup Network
 * @param name A pointer to the input_name or output_name to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_network_name_free(char** name);

/** @} */  // end of InferRequest

// Blob

/**
 * @defgroup Blob Blob
 * @ingroup ie_c_api
 * Set of functions allowing to research memory from infer requests or make new
 * memory objects to be passed to InferRequests.
 * @{
 */

/**
 * @brief Creates a blob with the specified dimensions, layout and to allocate memory.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param tensorDesc Tensor descriptor for Blob creation.
 * @param blob A pointer to the newly created blob.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_make_memory(const tensor_desc_t* tensorDesc, ie_blob_t** blob);

/**
 * @brief Creates a blob with the given tensor descriptor from the pointer to the pre-allocated memory.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param tensorDesc Tensor descriptor for Blob creation.
 * @param ptr Pointer to the pre-allocated memory.
 * @param size Length of the pre-allocated array.
 * @param blob A pointer to the newly created blob.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_make_memory_from_preallocated(const tensor_desc_t* tensorDesc, void* ptr, size_t size, ie_blob_t** blob);

/**
 * @brief Creates a blob describing given roi_t instance based on the given blob with pre-allocated memory.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param inputBlob original blob with pre-allocated memory.
 * @param roi A roi_tinstance inside of the original blob.
 * @param blob A pointer to the newly created blob.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_make_memory_with_roi(const ie_blob_t* inputBlob, const roi_t* roi, ie_blob_t** blob);

/**
 * @brief Gets the total number of elements, which is a product of all the dimensions.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param size_result The total number of elements.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_blob_size(ie_blob_t* blob, int* size_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets the size of the current Blob in bytes.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param bsize_result The size of the current blob in bytes.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_blob_byte_size(ie_blob_t* blob, int* bsize_result);

/**
 * @brief Releases previously allocated data
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob to free memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_blob_deallocate(ie_blob_t** blob);

/**
 * @brief Gets access to the allocated memory .
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param blob_buffer A pointer to the copied data from the given blob.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_get_buffer(const ie_blob_t* blob, ie_blob_buffer_t* blob_buffer);

/**
 * @brief Gets read-only access to the allocated memory.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param blob_cbuffer A pointer to the coped data from the given pointer to the blob and the data is read-only.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_get_cbuffer(const ie_blob_t* blob, ie_blob_buffer_t* blob_cbuffer);

/**
 * @brief Gets dimensions of blob's tensor.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param dims_result A pointer to the dimensions of blob's tensor.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_blob_get_dims(const ie_blob_t* blob, dimensions_t* dims_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets layout of blob's tensor.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param layout_result A pointer to the layout of blob's tensor.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode) ie_blob_get_layout(const ie_blob_t* blob, layout_e* layout_result);

/**
 * @brief Gets precision of blob's tensor.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob.
 * @param prec_result A pointer to the precision of blob's tensor.
 * @return Status code of the operation: OK(0) for success.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(IE_NODISCARD IEStatusCode)
ie_blob_get_precision(const ie_blob_t* blob, precision_e* prec_result);

/**
 * @brief Releases the memory occupied by the ie_blob_t pointer.
 * @ingroup Blob
 * @param blob A pointer to the blob pointer to release memory.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_blob_free(ie_blob_t** blob);

/** @} */  // end of Blob

/**
 * @brief Shut down the OpenVINO by deleting all static-duration objects allocated by the library and releasing
 * dependent resources
 *
 * @note This function should be used by advanced user to control unload the resources.
 *
 * You might want to use this function if you are developing a dynamically-loaded library which should clean up all
 * resources after itself when the library is unloaded.
 */
INFERENCE_ENGINE_C_API(void) ie_shutdown();

#endif  // IE_C_API_H