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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "BLI_vector_set.hh"
+
+#include "NOD_derived_node_tree.hh"
+
+namespace blender::realtime_compositor {
+
+using namespace nodes::derived_node_tree_types;
+
+/* A type representing the ordered set of nodes defining the schedule of node execution. */
+using Schedule = VectorSet<DNode>;
+
+/* Computes the execution schedule of the node tree. This is essentially a post-order depth first
+ * traversal of the node tree from the output node to the leaf input nodes, with informed order of
+ * traversal of dependencies based on a heuristic estimation of the number of needed buffers. */
+Schedule compute_schedule(DerivedNodeTree &tree);
+
+}  // namespace blender::realtime_compositor