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+
+#ifndef NNINDEX_H
+#define NNINDEX_H
+
+#include "flann.hpp"
+#include "constants.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "matrix.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace flann
+{
+
+class ResultSet;
+
+/**
+* Nearest-neighbor index base class
+*/
+class NNIndex
+{
+public:
+
+ virtual ~NNIndex() {};
+
+ /**
+ Method responsible with building the index.
+ */
+ virtual void buildIndex() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ Saves the index to a stream
+ */
+ virtual void saveIndex(FILE* stream) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ Loads the index from a stream
+ */
+ virtual void loadIndex(FILE* stream) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ Method that searches for nearest-neighbors
+ */
+ virtual void findNeighbors(ResultSet& result, const float* vec, const SearchParams& searchParams) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ Number of features in this index.
+ */
+ virtual int size() const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ The length of each vector in this index.
+ */
+ virtual int veclen() const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ The amount of memory (in bytes) this index uses.
+ */
+ virtual int usedMemory() const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Algorithm name
+ */
+ virtual flann_algorithm_t getType() const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ Estimates the search parameters required in order to get a certain precision.
+ If testset is not given it uses cross-validation.
+ */
+// virtual Params estimateSearchParams(float precision, Matrix<float>* testset = NULL) = 0;
+
+};
+
+
+}
+
+#endif //NNINDEX_H