#ifndef STAN_MATH_PRIM_SCAL_META_LENGTH_MVT_HPP
#define STAN_MATH_PRIM_SCAL_META_LENGTH_MVT_HPP

#include <stdexcept>

namespace stan {

  /**
   * length_mvt provides the length of a multivariate argument.
   *
   * This is the default template function. For any scalar type, this
   * will throw an std::invalid_argument exception since a scalar is not
   * a multivariate structure.
   *
   * @tparam T type to take length of. The default template function should
   *   only match scalars.
   * @throw std::invalid_argument since the type is a scalar.
   */
  template <typename T>
  size_t length_mvt(const T& ) {
    throw std::invalid_argument("length_mvt passed to an unrecognized type.");
    return 1U;
  }

}
#endif

