Class ov::frontend::FrontEndManager#

class FrontEndManager#

Frontend management class, loads available frontend plugins on construction Allows load of frontends for particular framework, register new and list available frontends This is a main frontend entry point for client applications.

Public Functions

FrontEndManager()#

Default constructor. Searches and loads of available frontends.

FrontEndManager(FrontEndManager&&) noexcept#

Default move constructor.

FrontEndManager &operator=(FrontEndManager&&) noexcept#

Default move assignment operator.

~FrontEndManager()#

Default destructor.

FrontEnd::Ptr load_by_framework(const std::string &framework)#

Loads frontend by name of framework and capabilities.

Parameters:

framework – Framework name. Throws exception if name is not in list of available frontends

Returns:

Frontend interface for further loading of models

template<typename ...Types>
inline FrontEnd::Ptr load_by_model(const Types&... vars)#

Loads frontend by model fragments described by each FrontEnd documentation. Selects and loads appropriate frontend depending on model file extension and other file info (header)

Parameters:

vars – Any number of parameters of any type. What kind of parameters are accepted is determined by each FrontEnd individually, typically it is std::string containing path to the model file. For more information please refer to specific FrontEnd documentation.

Returns:

Frontend interface for further loading of model. Returns ‘nullptr’ if no suitable frontend is found

std::vector<std::string> get_available_front_ends()#

Gets list of registered frontends. Any not loaded frontends will be loaded by this call.

void register_front_end(const std::string &name, FrontEndFactory creator)#

Register frontend with name and factory creation method.

Parameters:

  • name – Name of front end

  • creator – Creation factory callback. Will be called when frontend is about to be created

void register_front_end(const std::string &name, const std::string &library_path)#

Register frontend with name and factory loaded from provided library.

Parameters:

  • name – Name of front end

  • library_path – Path (absolute or relative) or name of a frontend library. If name is provided, depending on platform, it will be wrapped with shared library suffix and prefix to identify library full name