Convert to new op form (#3112)

src/ngraph/node.cpp

@@ -559,6 +559,16 @@ const NodeVector& ngraph::check_single_output_args(const NodeVector& args)
     return args;
 }
 
+OutputVector ngraph::as_output_vector(const NodeVector& args)
+{
+    OutputVector output_vector;
+    for (auto& arg : check_single_output_args(args))
+    {
+        output_vector.push_back(arg);
+    }
+    return output_vector;
+}
+
 std::tuple<element::Type, PartialShape>
     Node::validate_and_infer_elementwise_args(const op::AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
 {

src/ngraph/node.hpp

@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ namespace ngraph
                                                          size_t i);
     const NodeVector& check_single_output_args(const NodeVector& args);
 
+    OutputVector as_output_vector(const NodeVector& args);
+
     /// Alias useful for cloning
     using NodeMap = std::unordered_map<ngraph::Node*, std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>>;
 

src/ngraph/op/abs.cpp

@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Abs::type_name{"Abs"};
 
-op::Abs::Abs()
-{
-}
-
 op::Abs::Abs(const Output<Node>& arg)
     : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {

src/ngraph/op/abs.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an absolute value operation.
-            Abs();
+            Abs() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs an absolute value operation.
             ///

src/ngraph/op/acos.cpp

@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Acos::type_name{"Acos"};
 
-op::Acos::Acos()
-{
-}
-
 op::Acos::Acos(const Output<Node>& arg)
     : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {

src/ngraph/op/acos.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an arccos operation.
-            Acos();
+            Acos() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs an arccos operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Output that produces the input tensor.<br>

src/ngraph/op/add.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Add::type_name{"Add"};
 
-op::Add::Add()
-{
-}
-
 op::Add::Add(const Output<Node>& arg0, const Output<Node>& arg1, const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
     : BinaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg0, arg1, autob)
 {

src/ngraph/op/add.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an unitialized addition operation
-            Add();
+            Add() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs an addition operation.
             ///

src/ngraph/op/all.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::All::type_name{"All"};
 
-op::All::All()
-{
-}
-
 op::All::All(const Output<Node>& arg, const AxisSet& reduction_axes)
     : LogicalReduction(arg, reduction_axes)
 {

src/ngraph/op/all.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an "all" reduction operation.
-            All();
+            All() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs an "all" reduction operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg The tensor to be reduced.

src/ngraph/op/and.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::And::type_name{"And"};
 
-op::And::And()
-{
-}
-
 op::And::And(const Output<Node>& arg0, const Output<Node>& arg1, const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
     : BinaryElementwiseLogical(arg0, arg1, autob)
 {

src/ngraph/op/and.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs a logical-and operation.
-            And();
+            And() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs a logical-and operation.
             ///

src/ngraph/op/any.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Any::type_name{"Any"};
 
-op::Any::Any()
-{
-}
-
 op::Any::Any(const Output<Node>& arg, const AxisSet& reduction_axes)
     : LogicalReduction(arg, reduction_axes)
 {

src/ngraph/op/any.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an "any" reduction operation.
-            Any();
+            Any() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs an "any" reduction operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg The tensor to be reduced.

src/ngraph/op/argmax.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::ArgMax::type_name{"ArgMax"};
 
-op::ArgMax::ArgMax()
-{
-}
-
 op::ArgMax::ArgMax(const Output<Node>& arg, size_t axis, const element::Type& index_element_type)
     : op::util::IndexReduction(arg, axis, index_element_type)
 {

src/ngraph/op/argmax.hpp

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs a ArgMax operation.
-            ArgMax();
+            ArgMax() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a ArgMax operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg The input tensor

src/ngraph/op/argmin.cpp

@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::ArgMin::type_name{"ArgMin"};
 
-op::ArgMin::ArgMin()
-{
-}
-
 op::ArgMin::ArgMin(const Output<Node>& arg, size_t axis, const element::Type& index_element_type)
     : op::util::IndexReduction(arg, axis, index_element_type)
 {

src/ngraph/op/argmin.hpp

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs a ArgMin operation.
-            ArgMin();
+            ArgMin() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs a ArgMin operation.
             ///

src/ngraph/op/asin.cpp

@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Asin::type_name{"Asin"};
 
-op::Asin::Asin()
-{
-}
-
 op::Asin::Asin(const Output<Node>& arg)
     : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {

src/ngraph/op/asin.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an arcsin operation.
-            Asin();
+            Asin() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs an arcsin operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Output that produces the input tensor.<br>

src/ngraph/op/atan.cpp

@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::Atan::type_name{"Atan"};
 
-op::Atan::Atan()
-{
-}
-
 op::Atan::Atan(const Output<Node>& arg)
     : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {

src/ngraph/op/atan.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs an arctan operation.
-            Atan();
+            Atan() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs an arctan operation.
             ///

src/ngraph/op/avg_pool.cpp

@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ using namespace ngraph;
 
 const string op::AvgPool::type_name{"AvgPool"};
 
-op::AvgPool::AvgPool()
-{
-}
-
 op::AvgPool::AvgPool(const Output<Node>& arg,
                      const Shape& window_shape,
                      const Strides& window_movement_strides,
@@ -231,10 +227,6 @@ shared_ptr<Node> op::AvgPool::copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) con
 
 const string op::AvgPoolBackprop::type_name("AvgPoolBackprop");
 
-op::AvgPoolBackprop::AvgPoolBackprop()
-{
-}
-
 op::AvgPoolBackprop::AvgPoolBackprop(const Shape& forward_arg_shape,
                                      const shared_ptr<Node>& delta,
                                      const Shape& window_shape,

src/ngraph/op/avg_pool.hpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs a batched average pooling operation.
-            AvgPool();
+            AvgPool() = default;
 
             /// \brief Constructs a batched average pooling operation.
             ///
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace ngraph
         public:
             static const std::string type_name;
             const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
-            AvgPoolBackprop();
+            AvgPoolBackprop() = default;
             AvgPoolBackprop(const Shape& forward_arg_shape,
                             const std::shared_ptr<Node>& delta,
                             const Shape& window_shape,

src/ngraph/op/batch_norm.cpp

@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
 #include "ngraph/op/get_output_element.hpp"
 #include "ngraph/validation_util.hpp"
 
-ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::BatchNormTraining(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-                                                 std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                                                 std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
+const std::string ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::type_name{"BatchNormTraining"};
+
+ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::BatchNormTraining(Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
                                                  double epsilon)
-    : Op("BatchNormTraining", check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input}))
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input})
     , m_epsilon(epsilon)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -34,10 +36,10 @@ ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::BatchNormTraining(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> i
 
 // DEPRECATED
 ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::BatchNormTraining(double eps,
-                                                 std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                                                 std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-                                                 std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input)
-    : Op("BatchNormTraining", check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input}))
+                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> input)
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input})
     , m_epsilon(eps)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -111,13 +113,15 @@ void ngraph::op::BatchNormTraining::generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoin
     adjoints.add_delta(beta, dbeta);
 }
 
-ngraph::op::BatchNormInference::BatchNormInference(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance,
+const std::string ngraph::op::BatchNormInference::type_name{"BatchNormInference"};
+
+ngraph::op::BatchNormInference::BatchNormInference(Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> variance,
                                                    double epsilon)
-    : Op("BatchNormInference", check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance}))
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance})
     , m_epsilon(epsilon)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -125,12 +129,12 @@ ngraph::op::BatchNormInference::BatchNormInference(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>
 
 // DEPRECATED
 ngraph::op::BatchNormInference::BatchNormInference(double eps,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-                                                   std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance)
-    : Op("BatchNormInference", check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance}))
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                                                   Output<ngraph::Node> variance)
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance})
     , m_epsilon(eps)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -167,16 +171,16 @@ std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>
         new_args.at(2), new_args.at(0), new_args.at(1), new_args.at(3), new_args.at(4), m_epsilon);
 }
 
-ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::BatchNormTrainingBackprop(
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> delta,
-    double epsilon)
-    : Op("BatchNormTrainingBackprop",
-         check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance, delta}))
+const std::string ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::type_name{"BatchNormTrainingBackprop"};
+
+ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::BatchNormTrainingBackprop(Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> variance,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> delta,
+                                                                 double epsilon)
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance, delta})
     , m_epsilon(epsilon)
 
 {
@@ -184,16 +188,14 @@ ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::BatchNormTrainingBackprop(
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }
 
-ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::BatchNormTrainingBackprop(
-    double epsilon,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance,
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> delta)
-    : Op("BatchNormTrainingBackprop",
-         check_single_output_args({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance, delta}))
+ngraph::op::BatchNormTrainingBackprop::BatchNormTrainingBackprop(double epsilon,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> variance,
+                                                                 Output<ngraph::Node> delta)
+    : Op({gamma, beta, input, mean, variance, delta})
     , m_epsilon(epsilon)
 
 {

src/ngraph/op/batch_norm.hpp

@@ -31,13 +31,17 @@ namespace ngraph
         class BatchNormTraining : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            BatchNormTraining() = default;
             /// \param input Must have rank >= 2, [., C, ...]
             /// \param gamma gamma scaling for normalized value. [C]
             /// \param beta bias added to the scaled normalized value [C]
             /// \param epsilon Avoids divsion by 0 if input has 0 variance
-            BatchNormTraining(std::shared_ptr<Node> input,
-                              std::shared_ptr<Node> gamma,
-                              std::shared_ptr<Node> beta,
+            BatchNormTraining(Output<Node> input,
+                              Output<Node> gamma,
+                              Output<Node> beta,
                               double epsilon);
 
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED_DOC
@@ -62,13 +66,14 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///   output[2]: shall have rank 1, with the same span as input's channel axis.
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED("Use another constructor")
             BatchNormTraining(double eps,
-                              std::shared_ptr<Node> gamma,
-                              std::shared_ptr<Node> beta,
-                              std::shared_ptr<Node> input);
+                              Output<Node> gamma,
+                              Output<Node> beta,
+                              Output<Node> input);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             double get_eps_value() const { return m_epsilon; }
+            void set_eps_value(double epsilon) { m_epsilon = epsilon; }
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 
@@ -87,17 +92,20 @@ namespace ngraph
         class BatchNormInference : public Op
         {
         public:
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            BatchNormInference() = default;
             /// \param input [., C, ...]
             /// \param gamma gamma scaling for normalized value. [C]
             /// \param beta bias added to the scaled normalized value [C]
             /// \param mean value for mean normalization [C]
             /// \param variance value for variance normalization [C]
             /// \param epsilon Avoids divsion by 0 if input has 0 variance
-            BatchNormInference(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance,
+            BatchNormInference(Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> variance,
                                double epsilon);
 
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED_DOC
@@ -120,15 +128,16 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///   output:   shall have the same shape as 'input'.
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED("Use another constructor")
             BatchNormInference(double eps,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> gamma,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> beta,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> input,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> mean,
-                               std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> variance);
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> gamma,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> beta,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> input,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> mean,
+                               Output<ngraph::Node> variance);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             double get_eps_value() const { return m_epsilon; }
+            void set_eps_value(double epsilon) { m_epsilon = epsilon; }
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 
@@ -152,28 +161,33 @@ namespace ngraph
         class BatchNormTrainingBackprop : public Op
         {
         public:
-            BatchNormTrainingBackprop(std::shared_ptr<Node> input,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> gamma,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> beta,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> mean,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> variance,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> delta,
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            BatchNormTrainingBackprop() = default;
+            BatchNormTrainingBackprop(Output<Node> input,
+                                      Output<Node> gamma,
+                                      Output<Node> beta,
+                                      Output<Node> mean,
+                                      Output<Node> variance,
+                                      Output<Node> delta,
                                       double epsilon);
 
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED_DOC
             NGRAPH_DEPRECATED("Use another constructor")
             BatchNormTrainingBackprop(double epsilon,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> gamma,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> beta,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> input,
+                                      Output<Node> gamma,
+                                      Output<Node> beta,
+                                      Output<Node> input,
 
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> mean,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> variance,
-                                      std::shared_ptr<Node> delta);
+                                      Output<Node> mean,
+                                      Output<Node> variance,
+                                      Output<Node> delta);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             double get_eps_value() const { return m_epsilon; }
+            void set_eps_value(double epsilon) { m_epsilon = epsilon; }
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 

src/ngraph/op/broadcast.cpp

@@ -20,21 +20,20 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Broadcast::Broadcast(const std::string& name,
-                         const NodeVector& args,
+const string op::Broadcast::type_name{"Broadcast"};
+
+op::Broadcast::Broadcast(const OutputVector& args,
                          const Shape& shape,
                          const AxisSet& broadcast_axes)
-    : Op(name, check_single_output_args(args))
+    : Op(args)
     , m_shape(shape)
     , m_broadcast_axes(broadcast_axes)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }
 
-op::Broadcast::Broadcast(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
-                         const Shape& shape,
-                         const AxisSet& broadcast_axes)
-    : Broadcast("Broadcast", {arg}, shape, broadcast_axes)
+op::Broadcast::Broadcast(const Output<Node>& arg, const Shape& shape, const AxisSet& broadcast_axes)
+    : Broadcast(OutputVector{arg}, shape, broadcast_axes)
 {
 }
 
@@ -96,10 +95,12 @@ void op::Broadcast::generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints, const NodeVe
     adjoints.add_delta(x, make_shared<op::Sum>(delta, m_broadcast_axes));
 }
 
-op::BroadcastLike::BroadcastLike(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
-                                 const std::shared_ptr<Node>& like_arg,
+const string op::BroadcastLike::type_name{"BroadcastLike"};
+
+op::BroadcastLike::BroadcastLike(const Output<Node>& arg,
+                                 const Output<Node>& like_arg,
                                  const AxisSet& initial_broadcast_axes)
-    : Broadcast("BroadcastLike", {arg, like_arg}, {}, {})
+    : Broadcast({arg, like_arg}, {}, {})
     , m_initial_broadcast_axes(initial_broadcast_axes)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();

src/ngraph/op/broadcast.hpp

@@ -27,15 +27,18 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Broadcast : public Op
         {
         public:
-            /// \brief Constructs a conversion operation.
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a broadcast operation.
+            Broadcast() = default;
+            /// \brief Constructs a broadcast operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg            Node that produces the input tensor to be broadcast.
             /// \param shape          The shape of the output tensor.
             /// \param broadcast_axes The axis positions (0-based) in the result that are being broadcast. The
             ///                        remaining axes in shape must be the same as the shape of arg.
-            Broadcast(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
-                      const Shape& shape,
-                      const AxisSet& broadcast_axes);
+            Broadcast(const Output<Node>& arg, const Shape& shape, const AxisSet& broadcast_axes);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
@@ -44,12 +47,14 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             /// \return A set containing the indices of the broadcast axes (0-based).
             const AxisSet& get_broadcast_axes() const { return m_broadcast_axes; }
+            void set_broadcast_axes(const AxisSet& broadcast_axes)
+            {
+                m_broadcast_axes = broadcast_axes;
+            }
             const Shape& get_broadcast_shape() const { return m_shape; }
+            void set_broadcast_shape(const Shape& shape) { m_shape = shape; }
         protected:
-            Broadcast(const std::string& node_type,
-                      const NodeVector& args,
-                      const Shape& shape,
-                      const AxisSet& broadcast_axes);
+            Broadcast(const OutputVector& args, const Shape& shape, const AxisSet& broadcast_axes);
 
             virtual void generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints,
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
@@ -63,6 +68,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class BroadcastLike : public Broadcast
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Broadcast arg to the same shape as like_arg.
+            BroadcastLike() = default;
             /// \brief Broadcast arg to the same shape as like_arg.
             ///
             /// Once the shape of like_arg is known, this op will be replaced with an equivalent
@@ -72,8 +82,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param like_arg Provides the shape for the result.
             /// \param initial_broadcast_axes indicates which axes will be broadcast. If empty,
             ///        arg must be scalar and all axes are broadcast.
-            BroadcastLike(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
-                          const std::shared_ptr<Node>& like_arg,
+            BroadcastLike(const Output<Node>& arg,
+                          const Output<Node>& like_arg,
                           const AxisSet& initial_broadcast_axes);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
@@ -81,6 +91,11 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             void infer_shape() override;
             const AxisSet& get_initial_broadcast_axes() const { return m_initial_broadcast_axes; }
+            void set_initial_broadcast_axes(const AxisSet& initial_broadcast_axes)
+            {
+                m_initial_broadcast_axes = initial_broadcast_axes;
+            }
+
         protected:
             AxisSet m_initial_broadcast_axes;
         };

src/ngraph/op/broadcast_distributed.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::BroadcastDistributed::BroadcastDistributed(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg, int root_id)
-    : Op("BroadcastDistributed", check_single_output_args({arg}))
+const string op::BroadcastDistributed::type_name{"BroadcastDistributed"};
+
+op::BroadcastDistributed::BroadcastDistributed(const Output<Node>& arg, int root_id)
+    : Op({arg})
     , m_root_id(root_id)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -49,3 +51,8 @@ int op::BroadcastDistributed::get_root_id() const
 {
     return m_root_id;
 }
+
+void op::BroadcastDistributed::set_root_id(int root_id)
+{
+    m_root_id = root_id;
+}

src/ngraph/op/broadcast_distributed.hpp

@@ -27,16 +27,21 @@ namespace ngraph
         class BroadcastDistributed : public Op
         {
         public:
-            BroadcastDistributed(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg, int root_id = 0);
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            BroadcastDistributed() = default;
+            BroadcastDistributed(const Output<Node>& arg, int root_id = 0);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
             int get_root_id() const;
+            void set_root_id(int root_id);
 
         private:
-            const int m_root_id;
+            int m_root_id;
         };
     }
 }

src/ngraph/op/ceiling.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Ceiling::Ceiling(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Ceiling", arg)
+const string op::Ceiling::type_name{"Ceiling"};
+
+op::Ceiling::Ceiling(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/ceiling.hpp

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Ceiling : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a ceiling operation.
+            Ceiling() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a ceiling operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Ceiling(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg);
+            Ceiling(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/concat.cpp

@@ -22,13 +22,20 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Concat::Concat(const NodeVector& args, size_t concatenation_axis)
-    : Op("Concat", check_single_output_args(args))
+const string op::Concat::type_name{"Concat"};
+
+op::Concat::Concat(const OutputVector& args, size_t concatenation_axis)
+    : Op(args)
     , m_concatenation_axis(concatenation_axis)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }
 
+op::Concat::Concat(const NodeVector& args, size_t concatenation_axis)
+    : Concat(as_output_vector(args), concatenation_axis)
+{
+}
+
 void op::Concat::validate_and_infer_types()
 {
     NODE_VALIDATION_CHECK(this, get_input_size() >= 1, "At least one argument required.");

src/ngraph/op/concat.hpp

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Concat : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a concatenation operation.
+            Concat() = default;
+            /// \brief Constructs a concatenation operation.
+            ///
+            /// \param args               The outputs producing the input tensors.
+            /// \param concatenation_axis The axis along which to concatenate the input tensors.
+            Concat(const OutputVector& args, size_t concatenation_axis);
+
             /// \brief Constructs a concatenation operation.
             ///
             /// \param args               The nodes producing the input tensors.
@@ -41,10 +52,15 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             /// \return The concatenation axis.
             size_t get_concatenation_axis() const { return m_concatenation_axis; }
+            void set_concatenation_axis(size_t concatenation_axis)
+            {
+                m_concatenation_axis = concatenation_axis;
+            }
+
         protected:
             virtual void generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints,
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
-            const size_t m_concatenation_axis;
+            size_t m_concatenation_axis;
         };
     }
 }

src/ngraph/op/constant.cpp

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ string to_cpp_string(T value)
     return rc;
 }
 
+const string op::Constant::type_name{"Constant"};
+
 op::Constant::~Constant()
 {
 }

src/ngraph/op/constant.hpp

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Constant : public Node
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
             /// \brief Constructs a tensor constant.
             ///
             /// \param type The element type of the tensor constant.
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param shape The shape of the tensor constant.
             /// \param values A list of string values to use as the constant data.
             Constant(const element::Type& type, Shape shape, const std::vector<std::string>& values)
-                : Node("Constant", {})
+                : Node({})
                 , m_element_type(type)
                 , m_shape(shape)
                 , m_data(new runtime::AlignedBuffer(shape_size(m_shape) * m_element_type.size(),
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param shape The shape of the tensor constant.
             /// \param data A void* to constant data.
             Constant(const element::Type& type, const Shape& shape, const void* data)
-                : Node("Constant", {})
+                : Node({})
                 , m_element_type(type)
                 , m_shape(shape)
                 , m_data(nullptr)

src/ngraph/op/convert.cpp

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Convert::Convert(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg, const element::Type& element_type)
-    : Op("Convert", check_single_output_args({arg}))
+const string op::Convert::type_name{"Convert"};
+
+op::Convert::Convert(const Output<Node>& arg, const element::Type& element_type)
+    : Op({arg})
     , m_element_type(element_type)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();

src/ngraph/op/convert.hpp

@@ -26,11 +26,16 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Convert : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a conversion operation.
+            Convert() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a conversion operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg          Node that produces the input tensor.
             /// \param element_type Element type for the output tensor.
-            Convert(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg, const ngraph::element::Type& element_type);
+            Convert(const Output<Node>& arg, const ngraph::element::Type& element_type);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
@@ -38,8 +43,13 @@ namespace ngraph
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 
             const element::Type& get_convert_element_type() const { return m_element_type; }
+            void set_convert_element_type(const element::Type& element_type)
+            {
+                m_element_type = element_type;
+            }
+
         protected:
-            const ngraph::element::Type m_element_type;
+            ngraph::element::Type m_element_type;
             virtual void generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints,
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
         };

src/ngraph/op/convolution.cpp

@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                             const shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+const string op::Convolution::type_name{"Convolution"};
+
+op::Convolution::Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                             const Output<Node>& filters,
                              const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                              const Strides& window_dilation_strides,
                              const CoordinateDiff& padding_below,
                              const CoordinateDiff& padding_above,
                              const Strides& data_dilation_strides,
                              const PadType& pad_type)
-    : Op("Convolution", check_single_output_args({data_batch, filters}))
+    : Op({data_batch, filters})
     , m_window_movement_strides(window_movement_strides)
     , m_window_dilation_strides(window_dilation_strides)
     , m_padding_below(padding_below)
@@ -114,8 +116,8 @@ void op::Convolution::validate_and_infer_types()
     set_output_type(0, result_et, result_shape);
 }
 
-op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                             const shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+op::Convolution::Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                             const Output<Node>& filters,
                              const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                              const Strides& window_dilation_strides,
                              const CoordinateDiff& padding_below,
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
 {
 }
 
-op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                             const shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+op::Convolution::Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                             const Output<Node>& filters,
                              const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                              const Strides& window_dilation_strides)
     : Convolution(data_batch,
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
 {
 }
 
-op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                             const shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+op::Convolution::Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                             const Output<Node>& filters,
                              const Strides& window_movement_strides)
     : Convolution(data_batch,
                   filters,
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
 {
 }
 
-op::Convolution::Convolution(const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch, const shared_ptr<Node>& filters)
+op::Convolution::Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch, const Output<Node>& filters)
     : Convolution(data_batch, filters, Strides(), Strides(), CoordinateDiff(), CoordinateDiff())
 {
 }
@@ -204,15 +206,17 @@ void op::Convolution::generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints, const Node
                                                                    m_data_dilation_strides));
 }
 
+const string op::ConvolutionBackpropData::type_name{"ConvolutionBackpropData"};
+
 op::ConvolutionBackpropData::ConvolutionBackpropData(const Shape& data_batch_shape,
-                                                     const shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
-                                                     const shared_ptr<Node>& output_delta,
+                                                     const Output<Node>& filters,
+                                                     const Output<Node>& output_delta,
                                                      const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward,
                                                      const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward,
                                                      const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward,
                                                      const CoordinateDiff& padding_above_forward,
                                                      const Strides& data_dilation_strides_forward)
-    : Op("ConvolutionBackpropData", check_single_output_args({filters, output_delta}))
+    : Op({filters, output_delta})
     , m_data_batch_shape(data_batch_shape)
     , m_window_movement_strides_forward(window_movement_strides_forward)
     , m_window_dilation_strides_forward(window_dilation_strides_forward)
@@ -332,14 +336,14 @@ void op::ConvolutionBackpropData::generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints
                 m_data_dilation_strides_forward[i]);
     }
 
-    auto swap_NC = [](const shared_ptr<Node> n) {
-        AxisVector ax_order = ngraph::get_default_order(n->get_shape());
+    auto swap_NC = [](const Output<Node>& n) {
+        AxisVector ax_order = ngraph::get_default_order(n.get_shape());
         ax_order[0] = 1;
         ax_order[1] = 0;
 
-        auto new_shape = n->get_shape();
-        new_shape[0] = n->get_shape()[1];
-        new_shape[1] = n->get_shape()[0];
+        auto new_shape = n.get_shape();
+        new_shape[0] = n.get_shape()[1];
+        new_shape[1] = n.get_shape()[0];
 
         return make_shared<op::Reshape>(n, ax_order, new_shape);
     };
@@ -422,16 +426,18 @@ CoordinateDiff op::ConvolutionBackpropData::compute_backward_delta_out_pad_above
     return backward_delta_out_pad_above;
 }
 
+const string op::ConvolutionBackpropFilters::type_name{"ConvolutionBackpropFilters"};
+
 op::ConvolutionBackpropFilters::ConvolutionBackpropFilters(
-    const shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
+    const Output<Node>& data_batch,
     const Shape& filters_shape,
-    const shared_ptr<Node>& output_delta,
+    const Output<Node>& output_delta,
     const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward,
     const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward,
     const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward,
     const CoordinateDiff& padding_above_forward,
     const Strides& data_dilation_strides_forward)
-    : Op("ConvolutionBackpropFilters", check_single_output_args({data_batch, output_delta}))
+    : Op({data_batch, output_delta})
     , m_filters_shape(filters_shape)
     , m_window_movement_strides_forward(window_movement_strides_forward)
     , m_window_dilation_strides_forward(window_dilation_strides_forward)

src/ngraph/op/convolution.hpp

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Convolution : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a batched convolution operation.
+            Convolution() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a batched convolution operation.
             ///
             /// \param data_batch The node producing the input data batch tensor.<br>
@@ -51,8 +56,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// Output `[N, C_OUT, R1, ... Rf]`
             ///
-            Convolution(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                        const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+            Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                        const Output<Node>& filters,
                         const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                         const Strides& window_dilation_strides,
                         const CoordinateDiff& padding_below,
@@ -77,8 +82,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// Output `[N, C_OUT, R1, ... Rf]`
             ///
-            Convolution(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                        const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+            Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                        const Output<Node>& filters,
                         const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                         const Strides& window_dilation_strides,
                         const CoordinateDiff& padding_below,
@@ -97,8 +102,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// Output `[N, C_OUT, R1, ... Rf]`
             ///
-            Convolution(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                        const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+            Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                        const Output<Node>& filters,
                         const Strides& window_movement_strides,
                         const Strides& window_dilation_strides);
 
@@ -113,8 +118,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// Output `[N, C_OUT, R1, ... Rf]`
             ///
-            Convolution(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                        const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
+            Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
+                        const Output<Node>& filters,
                         const Strides& window_movement_strides);
 
             /// \brief Constructs a batched convolution operation with no window dilation or movement stride (i.e., padding above and below are 0 everywhere, and all window/data dilation strides and window movement strides are 1).
@@ -126,8 +131,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// Output `[N, C_OUT, R1, ... Rf]`
             ///
-            Convolution(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
-                        const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters);
+            Convolution(const Output<Node>& data_batch, const Output<Node>& filters);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
@@ -137,16 +141,37 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             /// \return The window movement strides.
             const Strides& get_window_movement_strides() const { return m_window_movement_strides; }
+            void set_window_movement_strides(const Strides& window_movement_strides)
+            {
+                m_window_movement_strides = window_movement_strides;
+            }
             /// \return The window dilation strides.
             const Strides& get_window_dilation_strides() const { return m_window_dilation_strides; }
+            void set_window_dilation_strides(const Strides& window_dilation_strides)
+            {
+                m_window_dilation_strides = window_dilation_strides;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-below sizes (possibly negative).
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_below() const { return m_padding_below; }
+            void set_padding_below(const CoordinateDiff& padding_below)
+            {
+                m_padding_below = padding_below;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-above sizes (possibly negative).
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_above() const { return m_padding_above; }
+            void set_adding_above(const CoordinateDiff& padding_above)
+            {
+                m_padding_above = padding_above;
+            }
             /// \return The input data dilation strides.
             const Strides& get_data_dilation_strides() const { return m_data_dilation_strides; }
+            void set_data_dilation_strides(const Strides& data_dilation_strides)
+            {
+                m_data_dilation_strides = data_dilation_strides;
+            }
             /// \return The pad type for convolution.
             const PadType& get_pad_type() const { return m_pad_type; }
+            void set_pad_type(const PadType& pad_type) { m_pad_type = pad_type; }
             /// \return The default value for Convolution.
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node> get_default_value() const override
             {
@@ -166,6 +191,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class ConvolutionBackpropData : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a batched-convolution data batch-backprop operation.
+            ConvolutionBackpropData() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a batched-convolution data batch-backprop operation.
             ///
             /// \param data_batch_shape The shape of the data batch from forward-prop.
@@ -177,8 +207,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param padding_above_forward The padding-above sizes from forward-prop.
             /// \param data_dilation_strides_forward The data dilation strides from forward-prop.
             ConvolutionBackpropData(const Shape& data_batch_shape,
-                                    const std::shared_ptr<Node>& filters,
-                                    const std::shared_ptr<Node>& output_delta,
+                                    const Output<Node>& filters,
+                                    const Output<Node>& output_delta,
                                     const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward,
                                     const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward,
                                     const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward,
@@ -193,31 +223,55 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             /// \return The data batch shape.
             const Shape& get_data_batch_shape() const { return m_data_batch_shape; }
+            void set_data_batch_shape(const Shape& data_batch_shape)
+            {
+                m_data_batch_shape = data_batch_shape;
+            }
             /// \return The window movement strides from the forward prop.
             const Strides& get_window_movement_strides_forward() const
             {
                 return m_window_movement_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_window_movement_strides_forward(const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_window_movement_strides_forward = window_movement_strides_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The window dilation strides from the forward prop.
             const Strides& get_window_dilation_strides_forward() const
             {
                 return m_window_dilation_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_window_dilation_strides_forward(const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_window_dilation_strides_forward = window_dilation_strides_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-below sizes (possibly negative) from the forward prop.
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_below_forward() const
             {
                 return m_padding_below_forward;
             }
+            void set_padding_below_forward(const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward)
+            {
+                m_padding_below_forward = padding_below_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-above sizes (possibly negative) from the forward prop.
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_above_forward() const
             {
                 return m_padding_above_forward;
             }
+            void set_padding_above_forward(const CoordinateDiff& padding_above_forward)
+            {
+                m_padding_above_forward = padding_above_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The input data dilation strides from the forward prop.
             const Strides& get_data_dilation_strides_forward() const
             {
                 return m_data_dilation_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_data_dilation_strides_forward(const Strides& data_dilation_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_data_dilation_strides_forward = data_dilation_strides_forward;
+            }
 
             // Compute the pad_above values to be used if in a convolution
             CoordinateDiff compute_backward_delta_out_pad_above() const;
@@ -236,6 +290,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class ConvolutionBackpropFilters : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a batched-convolution filter-backprop operation.
+            ConvolutionBackpropFilters() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a batched-convolution filter-backprop operation.
             ///
             /// \param data_batch The tensor producing the data batch from forward-prop.
@@ -246,9 +305,9 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param padding_below_forward The padding-below sizes from forward-prop.
             /// \param padding_above_forward The padding-above sizes from forward-prop.
             /// \param data_dilation_strides_forward The data dilation strides from forward-prop.
-            ConvolutionBackpropFilters(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data_batch,
+            ConvolutionBackpropFilters(const Output<Node>& data_batch,
                                        const Shape& filters_shape,
-                                       const std::shared_ptr<Node>& output_delta,
+                                       const Output<Node>& output_delta,
                                        const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward,
                                        const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward,
                                        const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward,
@@ -267,26 +326,46 @@ namespace ngraph
             {
                 return m_window_movement_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_window_movement_strides_forward(const Strides& window_movement_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_window_movement_strides_forward = window_movement_strides_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The window dilation strides from the forward prop.
             const Strides& get_window_dilation_strides_forward() const
             {
                 return m_window_dilation_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_window_dilation_strides_forward(const Strides& window_dilation_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_window_dilation_strides_forward = window_dilation_strides_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-below sizes (possibly negative) from the forward prop.
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_below_forward() const
             {
                 return m_padding_below_forward;
             }
+            void set_padding_below_forward(const CoordinateDiff& padding_below_forward)
+            {
+                m_padding_below_forward = padding_below_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The padding-above sizes (possibly negative) from the forward prop.
             const CoordinateDiff& get_padding_above_forward() const
             {
                 return m_padding_above_forward;
             }
+            void set_padding_above_forward(const CoordinateDiff& padding_above_forward)
+            {
+                m_padding_above_forward = padding_above_forward;
+            }
             /// \return The data dilation strides from the forward prop.
             const Strides& get_data_dilation_strides_forward() const
             {
                 return m_data_dilation_strides_forward;
             }
+            void set_data_dilation_strides_forward(const Strides& data_dilation_strides_forward)
+            {
+                m_data_dilation_strides_forward = data_dilation_strides_forward;
+            }
 
             // Compute the pad_above value to be used if in a convolution
             CoordinateDiff compute_backward_in_pad_above() const;

src/ngraph/op/cos.cpp

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Cos::Cos(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Cos", arg)
+const string op::Cos::type_name{"Cos"};
+
+op::Cos::Cos(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/cos.hpp

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Cos : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a cosine operation.
+            Cos() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a cosine operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Cos(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg);
+            Cos(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/cosh.cpp

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Cosh::Cosh(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Cosh", arg)
+const string op::Cosh::type_name{"Cosh"};
+
+op::Cosh::Cosh(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/cosh.hpp

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Cosh : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a hyperbolic cosine operation.
+            Cosh() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a hyperbolic cosine operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Cosh(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg);
+            Cosh(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/dequantize.cpp

@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Dequantize::Dequantize(const shared_ptr<Node>& input,
-                           const shared_ptr<Node>& scale,
-                           const shared_ptr<Node>& zero_point,
+const string op::Dequantize::type_name{"Dequantize"};
+
+op::Dequantize::Dequantize(const Output<Node>& input,
+                           const Output<Node>& scale,
+                           const Output<Node>& zero_point,
                            const element::Type& type,
                            const AxisSet& axes)
 
-    : Op("Dequantize", check_single_output_args({input, scale, zero_point}))
+    : Op({input, scale, zero_point})
     , m_type(type)
     , m_axes(axes)
 {

src/ngraph/op/dequantize.hpp

@@ -30,31 +30,40 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Dequantize : public ngraph::op::Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a Dequantize operation
+            Dequantize() = default;
+
             /// \brief Constructs a Dequantize operation
             /// \param input quantized input
             /// \param scale scale used for mapping
             /// \param zero_point zero point used for mapping
             /// \param type output element type
             /// \param axes axis positions on which `scale` and `zero_point` are specified
-            Dequantize(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& input,
-                       const std::shared_ptr<Node>& scale,
-                       const std::shared_ptr<Node>& zero_point,
-                       const ngraph::element::Type& type,
-                       const ngraph::AxisSet& axes);
+            Dequantize(const Output<Node>& input,
+                       const Output<Node>& scale,
+                       const Output<Node>& zero_point,
+                       const element::Type& type,
+                       const AxisSet& axes);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 
-            const ngraph::AxisSet& get_axes() const { return m_axes; }
+            const AxisSet& get_axes() const { return m_axes; }
+            void set_axes(const AxisSet& axes) { m_axes = axes; }
+            const element::Type& get_type() const { return m_type; }
+            void set_type(const element::Type& type) { m_type = type; }
         protected:
             virtual void generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints,
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
 
         private:
-            ngraph::element::Type m_type;
-            ngraph::AxisSet m_axes;
+            element::Type m_type;
+            AxisSet m_axes;
         };
     }
 }

src/ngraph/op/divide.cpp

@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Divide::Divide(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                   const shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+const string op::Divide::type_name{"Divide"};
+
+op::Divide::Divide(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                   const Output<Node>& arg1,
                    const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
-    : BinaryElementwiseArithmetic("Divide", arg0, arg1, autob)
-    , m_pythondiv(true)
+    : BinaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg0, arg1, autob)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }
 
-op::Divide::Divide(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                   const shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+op::Divide::Divide(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                   const Output<Node>& arg1,
                    bool pythondiv,
                    const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
-    : BinaryElementwiseArithmetic("Divide", arg0, arg1, autob)
+    : BinaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg0, arg1, autob)
     , m_pythondiv(pythondiv)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ void op::Divide::generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints, const NodeVecto
     adjoints.add_delta(y, -delta * shared_from_this() / y);
 }
 
-shared_ptr<Node> ngraph::operator/(const shared_ptr<Node> arg0, const shared_ptr<Node> arg1)
+shared_ptr<Node> ngraph::operator/(const Output<Node> arg0, const Output<Node> arg1)
 {
     return make_shared<op::Divide>(arg0, arg1);
 }

src/ngraph/op/divide.hpp

@@ -26,14 +26,19 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Divide : public util::BinaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a division operation.
+            Divide() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a division operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg0 Node that produces the first input tensor.
             /// \param arg1 Node that produces the second input tensor.
             /// \param pythondiv Use Python style rounding for integral type
             /// \param autob Auto broadcast specification
-            Divide(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                   const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+            Divide(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                   const Output<Node>& arg1,
                    bool pythondiv,
                    const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob = AutoBroadcastSpec());
 
@@ -42,11 +47,12 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param arg0 Node that produces the first input tensor.
             /// \param arg1 Node that produces the second input tensor.
             /// \param autob Auto broadcast specification
-            Divide(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                   const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+            Divide(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                   const Output<Node>& arg1,
                    const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob = AutoBroadcastSpec());
 
             bool is_pythondiv() const { return m_pythondiv; }
+            void set_is_pythondiv(bool pythondiv) { m_pythondiv = pythondiv; }
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;
 
@@ -54,10 +60,10 @@ namespace ngraph
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
 
         protected:
-            bool m_pythondiv;
+            bool m_pythondiv{true};
         };
     }
 
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> operator/(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> arg0,
-                                            const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> arg1);
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> operator/(const Output<ngraph::Node> arg0,
+                                            const Output<ngraph::Node> arg1);
 }

src/ngraph/op/dot.cpp

@@ -29,16 +29,18 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Dot::Dot(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg0, const shared_ptr<Node>& arg1)
+const string op::Dot::type_name{"Dot"};
+
+op::Dot::Dot(const Output<Node>& arg0, const Output<Node>& arg1)
     : Dot(arg0, arg1, 0, false)
 {
 }
 
-op::Dot::Dot(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-             const shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+op::Dot::Dot(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+             const Output<Node>& arg1,
              size_t reduction_axes_count,
              bool has_reduction_axes_count)
-    : Op("Dot", check_single_output_args({arg0, arg1}))
+    : Op({arg0, arg1})
     , m_reduction_axes_count(reduction_axes_count)
     , m_has_reduction_axes_count(has_reduction_axes_count)
 {
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ void op::Dot::validate_and_infer_types()
     set_output_type(0, result_et, result_shape);
 }
 
-shared_ptr<op::Reshape> make_reshape_axes_to_front(const shared_ptr<Node>& n,
+shared_ptr<op::Reshape> make_reshape_axes_to_front(const Output<Node>& n,
                                                    const Shape& front_shape,
                                                    const Shape& back_shape)
 {

src/ngraph/op/dot.hpp

@@ -28,13 +28,18 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Dot : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a dot product operation.
+            Dot() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a dot product operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg0 The node producing the first argument.
             /// \param arg1 The node producing the second argument.
             /// \param reduction_axes_count The number of axes to dot.
-            Dot(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+            Dot(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                const Output<Node>& arg1,
                 size_t reduction_axes_count,
                 bool has_reduction_axes_count = true);
 
@@ -48,11 +53,20 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///
             /// \param arg0 The node producing the first argument.
             /// \param arg1 The node producing the second argument.
-            Dot(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg0, const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg1);
+            Dot(const Output<Node>& arg0, const Output<Node>& arg1);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;
 
             size_t get_reduction_axes_count() const { return m_reduction_axes_count; }
+            void get_reduction_axes_count(size_t reduction_axes_count)
+            {
+                m_reduction_axes_count = reduction_axes_count;
+            }
+            bool get_has_reduction_axes_count() const { return m_has_reduction_axes_count; }
+            void set_has_reduction_axes_count(bool has_reduction_axes_count)
+            {
+                m_has_reduction_axes_count = has_reduction_axes_count;
+            }
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override
             {

src/ngraph/op/embedding_lookup.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
+const string op::EmbeddingLookup::type_name{"EmbeddingLookup"};
+
 void op::EmbeddingLookup::validate_and_infer_types()
 {
     element::Type result_et = get_input_element_type(1);

src/ngraph/op/embedding_lookup.hpp

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class EmbeddingLookup : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a EmbeddingLookup operation.
+            EmbeddingLookup() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a EmbeddingLookup operation.
             ///
             /// EmbeddingLookup constructs an output tensor by replacing every index in a given input tensor
@@ -36,8 +41,8 @@ namespace ngraph
             /// \param data The input indices for tokens to be translated into embeddings
             /// \param weights is a dense matrix [N,M] where each row 0..N
             /// corresponds to an embedding (i.e. typically, a vector of real numbers) of length M
-            EmbeddingLookup(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& data, const std::shared_ptr<Node>& weights)
-                : Op("EmbeddingLookup", check_single_output_args({data, weights}))
+            EmbeddingLookup(const Output<Node>& data, const Output<Node>& weights)
+                : Op({data, weights})
             {
                 constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
             }

src/ngraph/op/equal.cpp

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Equal::Equal(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                 const shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
-                 const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
-    : BinaryElementwiseComparison("Equal", arg0, arg1, autob)
+const string op::Equal::type_name{"Equal"};
+
+op::Equal::Equal(const Output<Node>& arg0, const Output<Node>& arg1, const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob)
+    : BinaryElementwiseComparison(arg0, arg1, autob)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/equal.hpp

@@ -40,13 +40,18 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Equal : public util::BinaryElementwiseComparison
         {
         public:
-            /// \brief Constructs an is-equal operation.
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs an equal operation.
+            Equal() = default;
+            /// \brief Constructs an equal operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg0 Node that produces the first input tensor.
             /// \param arg1 Node that produces the second input tensor.
             /// \param autob Auto broadcast specification
-            Equal(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg0,
-                  const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg1,
+            Equal(const Output<Node>& arg0,
+                  const Output<Node>& arg1,
                   const AutoBroadcastSpec& autob = AutoBroadcastSpec());
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>

src/ngraph/op/erf.cpp

@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
+const string op::Erf::type_name{"Erf"};
+
 shared_ptr<Node> op::Erf::copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const
 {
     check_new_args_count(this, new_args);
     return make_shared<Erf>(new_args.at(0));
 }
 
-op::Erf::Erf(shared_ptr<Node> arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Erf", arg)
+op::Erf::Erf(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/erf.hpp

@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Erf : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
-            Erf(std::shared_ptr<Node> arg);
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            Erf() = default;
+            Erf(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/exp.cpp

@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Exp::Exp(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Exp", arg)
+const string op::Exp::type_name{"Exp"};
+
+op::Exp::Exp(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/exp.hpp

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Exp : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs an exponential operation.
+            Exp() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs an exponential operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Exp(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg);
+            Exp(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/floor.cpp

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Floor::Floor(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg)
-    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic("Floor", arg)
+const string op::Floor::type_name{"Floor"};
+
+op::Floor::Floor(const Output<Node>& arg)
+    : UnaryElementwiseArithmetic(arg)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();
 }

src/ngraph/op/floor.hpp

@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Floor : public util::UnaryElementwiseArithmetic
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a floor operation.
+            Floor() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a floor operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Floor(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg);
+            Floor(const Output<Node>& arg);
 
             virtual std::shared_ptr<Node>
                 copy_with_new_args(const NodeVector& new_args) const override;

src/ngraph/op/reshape.cpp

@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Reshape::Reshape(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
+const string op::Reshape::type_name{"Reshape"};
+
+op::Reshape::Reshape(const Output<Node>& arg,
                      const AxisVector& input_order,
                      const Shape& output_shape)
-    : Op("Reshape", check_single_output_args({arg}))
+    : Op({arg})
     , m_input_order(input_order)
     , m_output_shape(output_shape)
 {

src/ngraph/op/reshape.hpp

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Reshape : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Constructs a reshape operation.
+            Reshape() = default;
             /// \brief Constructs a reshape operation.
             ///
             /// \param arg The tensor to be reshaped.
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ namespace ngraph
             ///                    sequence \f$(0,\dots,n-1)\f$ where \f$n\f$ is the rank of the input tensor.
             /// \param output_shape The output shape. If the input shape is \f$(a_0,\dots,a_{k-1})\f$ then the output shape must
             ///        be of the form \f$(b_0,\dots,b_{j-1})\f$ where \f$\Pi(a_i) = \Pi(b_i)\f$.
-            Reshape(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg,
+            Reshape(const Output<Node>& arg,
                     const AxisVector& input_order,
                     const Shape& output_shape);
 
@@ -78,15 +83,18 @@ namespace ngraph
 
             /// \return The order in which to iterate over input axes.
             const AxisVector& get_input_order() const { return m_input_order; }
+            void set_input_order(const AxisVector& input_order) { m_input_order = input_order; }
             /// \return The shape of the output tensor.
             const Shape& get_output_shape() const { return m_output_shape; }
+            void set_output_shape(const Shape& output_shape) { m_output_shape = output_shape; }
             bool get_is_transpose() const { return m_is_transpose; }
+            void set_is_transpose(bool is_transpose) { m_is_transpose = is_transpose; }
         protected:
             virtual void generate_adjoints(autodiff::Adjoints& adjoints,
                                            const NodeVector& deltas) override;
 
-            const AxisVector m_input_order;
-            const Shape m_output_shape;
+            AxisVector m_input_order;
+            Shape m_output_shape;
             bool m_is_transpose{false};
         };
     }

src/ngraph/op/result.cpp

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace ngraph;
 
-op::Result::Result(const shared_ptr<Node>& arg, bool needs_default_layout)
-    : Op("Result", check_single_output_args({arg}))
+const string op::Result::type_name{"Result"};
+
+op::Result::Result(const Output<Node>& arg, bool needs_default_layout)
+    : Op({arg})
     , m_needs_default_layout(needs_default_layout)
 {
     constructor_validate_and_infer_types();

src/ngraph/op/result.hpp

@@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ namespace ngraph
         class Result : public Op
         {
         public:
+            NGRAPH_API
+            static const std::string type_name;
+            const std::string& description() const override { return type_name; }
+            /// \brief Allows a value to be used as a function result.
+            Result() = default;
             /// \brief Allows a value to be used as a function result.
             ///
             /// \param arg Node that produces the input tensor.
-            Result(const std::shared_ptr<Node>& arg, bool needs_default_layout = false);
+            Result(const Output<Node>& arg, bool needs_default_layout = false);
 
             void validate_and_infer_types() override;