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+// SchematicFileSerializer.h
+
+// Declares the cSchematicFileSerializer class representing the interface to load and save cBlockArea to a .schematic file
+
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+
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../BlockArea.h"
+
+
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+
+
+// fwd: FastNBT.h
+class cParsedNBT;
+
+
+
+
+
+class cSchematicFileSerializer
+{
+public:
+		
+	/** Loads an area from a .schematic file. Returns true if successful. */
+	static bool LoadFromSchematicFile(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName);
+	
+	/** Loads an area from a string containing the .schematic file data. Returns true if successful. */
+	static bool LoadFromSchematicString(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_SchematicData);
+	
+	/** Saves the area into a .schematic file. Returns true if successful. */
+	static bool SaveToSchematicFile(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName);
+	
+	/** Saves the area into a string containing the .schematic file data.
+	Returns true if successful, false on failure. The data is stored into a_Out. */
+	static bool SaveToSchematicString(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, AString & a_Out);
+	
+private:
+	/** Loads the area from a schematic file uncompressed and parsed into a NBT tree.
+	Returns true if successful. */
+	static bool LoadFromSchematicNBT(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, cParsedNBT & a_NBT);
+
+	/** Saves the area into a NBT representation and returns the NBT data as a string.
+	Returns an empty string if failed. */
+	static AString SaveToSchematicNBT(const cBlockArea & a_BlockArea);
+};
+
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+
+