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+/*    This file is part of the Gudhi Library. The Gudhi library 
+ *    (Geometric Understanding in Higher Dimensions) is a generic C++ 
+ *    library for computational topology.
+ *
+ *    Author(s):       Vincent Rouvreau
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2016  INRIA
+ *
+ *    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *    (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CONCEPT_RIPS_COMPLEX_SIMPLICIAL_COMPLEX_FOR_RIPS_H_
+#define CONCEPT_RIPS_COMPLEX_SIMPLICIAL_COMPLEX_FOR_RIPS_H_
+
+namespace Gudhi {
+
+namespace rips_complex {
+
+/** \brief The concept SimplicialComplexForRips describes the requirements for a type to implement a simplicial
+ * complex, that can be created from a `Rips_complex`. The only available model for the moment is the `Simplex_tree`.
+ */
+struct SimplicialComplexForRips {
+  /** \brief Type used to store the filtration values of the simplicial complex. */
+  typedef unspecified Filtration_value;
+
+  /** \brief Inserts a given `Gudhi::rips_complex::Rips_complex::OneSkeletonGraph` in the simplicial complex. */
+  template<class OneSkeletonGraph>
+  void insert_graph(const OneSkeletonGraph& skel_graph);
+
+  /** \brief Expands the simplicial complex containing only its one skeleton until a given maximal dimension as
+   * explained in \ref ripsdefinition. */
+  void expansion(int max_dim);
+
+  /** \brief Returns the number of vertices in the simplicial complex. */
+  std::size_t num_vertices();
+
+};
+
+}  // namespace rips_complex
+
+}  // namespace Gudhi
+
+#endif  // CONCEPT_RIPS_COMPLEX_SIMPLICIAL_COMPLEX_FOR_RIPS_H_