#ifndef OBJECTS_GENERAL___UOCONV__HPP
#define OBJECTS_GENERAL___UOCONV__HPP

/*  $Id: uoconv.hpp 103491 2007-05-04 17:18:18Z kazimird $
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/// @file uoconv.hpp
/// Converts between User-objects and arbitrary other serializable objects.

#include <serial/objectinfo.hpp>

BEGIN_NCBI_SCOPE
BEGIN_SCOPE(objects)

class CUser_object;

NCBI_GENERAL_EXPORT
CRef<CUser_object> PackAsUserObject(CConstObjectInfo obj);

NCBI_GENERAL_EXPORT
void UnpackUserObject(const CUser_object& uo, CObjectInfo obj);

NCBI_GENERAL_EXPORT
CObjectInfo UnpackUserObject(const CUser_object& uo, const CTypeInfo* ti);

END_SCOPE(objects)
END_NCBI_SCOPE

#endif  /* OBJECTS_GENERAL___UOCONV__HPP */
