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+export interface ModelConfig {
+  model: string
+  url?: string
+}
+
+export interface EmbeddingModelConfig extends ModelConfig {
+  tableSuffix: string
+}
+
+export interface GenerationModelConfig extends ModelConfig {}
+
+export abstract class AbstractModel {
+  public readonly modelConfigString: string
+  public readonly url?: string
+
+  public modelInstance: any
+
+  constructor(config: ModelConfig) {
+    this.modelConfigString = config.model
+    this.url = this.normalizeUrl(config.url)
+  }
+
+  // removes a trailing slash from the inputUrl
+  private normalizeUrl(inputUrl: string | undefined) {
+    if (!inputUrl) return undefined
+    const regex = /[/]+$/
+    return inputUrl.replace(regex, '')
+  }
+}
+
+export interface EmbeddingModelParams {
+  embeddingDimensions: number
+  maxInputTokens: number
+  tableSuffix: string
+}
+
+export abstract class AbstractEmbeddingsModel extends AbstractModel {
+  protected modelParams!: EmbeddingModelParams
+  private readonly tableName: string
+  constructor(config: EmbeddingModelConfig) {
+    super(config)
+    this.modelParams = this.constructModelParams()
+    this.tableName = `Embeddings_${this.getModelParams().tableSuffix}`
+  }
+  getTableName() {
+    return this.tableName
+  }
+  protected abstract constructModelParams(): EmbeddingModelParams
+  getModelParams() {
+    return this.modelParams
+  }
+  abstract getEmbedding(content: string): Promise<number[]>
+}
+
+export interface GenerationModelParams {
+  maxInputTokens: number
+}
+
+export abstract class AbstractGenerationModel extends AbstractModel {
+  protected modelParams!: GenerationModelParams
+  constructor(config: GenerationModelConfig) {
+    super(config)
+    this.modelParams = this.constructModelParams()
+  }
+
+  protected abstract constructModelParams(): GenerationModelParams
+  getModelParams() {
+    return this.modelParams
+  }
+  abstract summarize(content: string, temperature: number, maxTokens: number): Promise<string>
+}
+
+export default AbstractModel