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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2006 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:  PosLandmarkSerialization class definition
+*
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef __EPOS_POSLANDMARKSERIALIZATION_H
+#define __EPOS_POSLANDMARKSERIALIZATION_H
+
+#include <e32base.h>
+
+class CPosLandmark;
+
+/**
+ *  This class contains helper methods for landmark serialization.
+ *  A landmark can be packed into a buffer with PackL method and unpacked
+ *  back with UnpackL method.
+ *
+ *  @lib eposlandmarks.lib
+ *  @since S60 3.1
+ */
+class PosLandmarkSerialization
+    {
+    public:
+        /** Packs landmark object into a buffer.
+         *
+         *  All the data is preserved when packing. Database information is not stored.
+         *  Packed landmark can be unpacked with @ref UnpackL method.
+         *
+         *  @param aLandmark The landmark to be packed.
+         *  @return The buffer with the landmark data packed.
+         *          Ownership is transferred to the client.
+         */
+        IMPORT_C static HBufC8* PackL( const CPosLandmark& aLandmark );
+
+        /** Unpacks a landmark object, packed with @ref PackL method, from buffer.
+         *
+         *  All the data is preserved when packing, and restored exactly
+         *  when unpacking. It means that landmark ID and
+         *  category IDs are valid only for the database, this landmark was read from.
+         *
+         *  @param aBuffer The buffer containing landmark.
+         *  @return The landmark unpacked. Ownership is transferred to client.
+         *  @leave KErrCorrupt if buffer does not contain valid landmark package.
+         */
+        IMPORT_C static CPosLandmark* UnpackL( const TDesC8& aBuffer );
+    };
+
+#endif // __EPOS_POSLANDMARKSERIALIZATION_H