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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.hull;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.InsufficientDataException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.Point;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.Space;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.geometry.partitioning.Region;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a convex hull.
+ *
+ * @param <S> Space type.
+ * @param <P> Point type.
+ * @since 3.3
+ */
+public interface ConvexHull<S extends Space, P extends Point<S>> extends Serializable {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the vertices of the convex hull.
+     * @return vertices of the convex hull
+     */
+    P[] getVertices();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new region that is enclosed by the convex hull.
+     * @return the region enclosed by the convex hull
+     * @throws InsufficientDataException if the number of vertices is not enough to
+     * build a region in the respective space
+     */
+    Region<S> createRegion() throws InsufficientDataException;
+}