class_docstr: Encoding stage reshaping the input to be a rank 1 `Tensor`.
class_docstr_tok: ["Encoding","stage","reshaping","the","input","to","be","a","rank","1","`","Tensor","`","."]
docstr: See base class.
code: def name(self):
      """See base class."""
      return "flatten"
  
imports: import collections
  import numpy
  import tensorflow
  from tensorflow_model_optimization.python.core.internal.tensor_encoding.core import encoding_stage
  from tensorflow_model_optimization.python.core.internal.tensor_encoding.utils import tf_utils
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling the FlattenEncodingStage obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.name() and returns: str