namespace Microsoft.ML.Probabilistic.Distributions.Automata
{
    public abstract class AutomatonBasedSequenceDistributionFormatBase : ISequenceDistributionFormat
    {
        protected abstract string ConvertPointMassToString<TSequence, TElement, TElementDistribution, TSequenceManipulator, TAutomaton, TWeightFunction, TWeightFunctionFactory, TSequenceDistribution>(TSequenceDistribution sequenceDistribution)
            where TSequence, class, IEnumerable<TElement>
            where TElementDistribution, new(), CanComputeProduct<TElementDistribution>, CanCreatePartialUniform<TElementDistribution>, CanGetLogAverageOf<TElementDistribution>, IImmutableDistribution<TElement, TElementDistribution>, Sampleable<TElement>, SummableExactly<TElementDistribution>
            where TSequenceManipulator, new(), ISequenceManipulator<TSequence, TElement>
            where TAutomaton, new(), Automaton<TSequence, TElement, TElementDistribution, TSequenceManipulator, TAutomaton>
            where TWeightFunction, new(), IWeightFunction<TWeightFunction>
            where TWeightFunctionFactory, new(), IWeightFunctionFactory<TWeightFunction>
            where TSequenceDistribution, new(), SequenceDistribution<TSequence, TElement, TElementDistribution, TSequenceManipulator, TAutomaton, TWeightFunction, TWeightFunctionFactory, TSequenceDistribution>;
    }
}