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+/*    This file is part of the Gudhi Library - https://gudhi.inria.fr/ - which is released under MIT.
+ *    See file LICENSE or go to https://gudhi.inria.fr/licensing/ for full license details.
+ *    Author(s):       Pawel Dlotko
+ *
+ *    Copyright (C) 2016 Inria
+ *
+ *    Modification(s):
+ *      - YYYY/MM Author: Description of the modification
+ */
+
+#ifndef CONCEPT_VECTORIZED_TOPOLOGICAL_DATA_H_
+#define CONCEPT_VECTORIZED_TOPOLOGICAL_DATA_H_
+
+namespace Gudhi {
+
+namespace Persistence_representations {
+
+/** \brief The concept Vectorized_topological_data describes the requirements
+  * for a type to implement a container that allows vectorization.
+  */
+class Vectorized_topological_data {
+ public:
+  /**
+   * There are various ways data can be vectorized. This function give us the number of functions for vectorization
+   *provided by a given class.
+  **/
+  size_t number_of_vectorize_functions();
+  /**
+   * This is a function to vectorize given container. The parameter of a function have to be between 0 and the value
+   *returned by number_of_vectorize_functions().
+  **/
+  std::vector<double> vectorize(int number_of_function);
+};
+
+}  // namespace Persistence_representations
+
+}  // namespace Gudhi
+
+#endif  // CONCEPT_VECTORIZED_TOPOLOGICAL_DATA_H_