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#ifndef CLASSIFIER_H_
#define CLASSIFIER_H_

#include "ros/ros.h"

namespace ml_classifiers{

class Classifier
{
public:
    Classifier(){};
    virtual ~Classifier(){};
    
    virtual void save(const std::string filename) = 0;
    virtual bool load(const std::string filename) = 0;
    virtual void addTrainingPoint(std::string target_class, const std::vector<double> point) = 0;
    virtual void train() = 0;
    virtual void clear() = 0;
    virtual std::string classifyPoint(const std::vector<double> point) = 0;
};

} /* End namespace */
#endif /* CLASSIFIER_H_ */