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#include "liblwgeom_internal.h"
#include "lwgeom_log.h"
#include "lwgeodetic.h"

/***********************************************************************
* GSERIALIZED metadata utility functions.
*/
/* handle missaligned uint32_t data */
static inline uint32_t gserialized_get_uint32_t(const uint8_t *loc)
{
        return *((uint32_t*)loc);
}

int gserialized_has_bbox(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        return FLAGS_GET_BBOX(gser->flags);
}

int gserialized_has_z(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        return FLAGS_GET_Z(gser->flags);
}

int gserialized_has_m(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        return FLAGS_GET_M(gser->flags);
}

int gserialized_get_zm(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        return 2 * FLAGS_GET_Z(gser->flags) + FLAGS_GET_M(gser->flags);
}

int gserialized_ndims(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        return FLAGS_NDIMS(gser->flags);
}

int gserialized_is_geodetic(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
          return FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(gser->flags);
}

uint32_t gserialized_max_header_size(void)
{
        /* read GSERIALIZED size + max bbox according gbox_serialized_size (2 + Z + M) + 1 int for type */
        return sizeof(GSERIALIZED) + 8 * sizeof(float) + sizeof(int);
}

uint32_t gserialized_header_size(const GSERIALIZED *gser)
{
        uint32_t sz = 8; /* varsize (4) + srid(3) + flags (1) */

        if (gserialized_has_bbox(gser))
                sz += gbox_serialized_size(gser->flags);

        return sz;
}

uint32_t gserialized_get_type(const GSERIALIZED *s)
{
        uint32_t *ptr;
        assert(s);
        ptr = (uint32_t*)(s->data);
        LWDEBUG(4,"entered");
        if ( FLAGS_GET_BBOX(s->flags) )
        {
                LWDEBUGF(4,"skipping forward past bbox (%d bytes)",gbox_serialized_size(s->flags));
                ptr += (gbox_serialized_size(s->flags) / sizeof(uint32_t));
        }
        return *ptr;
}

int32_t gserialized_get_srid(const GSERIALIZED *s)
{
        int32_t srid = 0;
        srid = srid | (s->srid[0] << 16);
        srid = srid | (s->srid[1] << 8);
        srid = srid | s->srid[2];
        /* Only the first 21 bits are set. Slide up and back to pull
           the negative bits down, if we need them. */
        srid = (srid<<11)>>11;

        /* 0 is our internal unknown value. We'll map back and forth here for now */
        if ( srid == 0 )
                return SRID_UNKNOWN;
        else
                return srid;
}

void gserialized_set_srid(GSERIALIZED *s, int32_t srid)
{
        LWDEBUGF(3, "Called with srid = %d", srid);

        srid = clamp_srid(srid);

        /* 0 is our internal unknown value.
         * We'll map back and forth here for now */
        if ( srid == SRID_UNKNOWN )
                srid = 0;

        s->srid[0] = (srid & 0x001F0000) >> 16;
        s->srid[1] = (srid & 0x0000FF00) >> 8;
        s->srid[2] = (srid & 0x000000FF);
}

inline static int gserialized_cmp_srid(const GSERIALIZED *s1, const GSERIALIZED *s2)
{
        return (
                s1->srid[0] == s2->srid[0] &&
                s1->srid[1] == s2->srid[1] &&
                s1->srid[2] == s2->srid[2]
        ) ? 0 : 1;
}

GSERIALIZED* gserialized_copy(const GSERIALIZED *g)
{
        GSERIALIZED *g_out = NULL;
        assert(g);
        g_out = (GSERIALIZED*)lwalloc(SIZE_GET(g->size));
        memcpy((uint8_t*)g_out,(uint8_t*)g,SIZE_GET(g->size));
        return g_out;
}

static size_t gserialized_is_empty_recurse(const uint8_t *p, int *isempty);
static size_t gserialized_is_empty_recurse(const uint8_t *p, int *isempty)
{
        int i;
        int32_t type, num;

        memcpy(&type, p, 4);
        memcpy(&num, p+4, 4);

        if ( lwtype_is_collection(type) )
        {
                size_t lz = 8;
                for ( i = 0; i < num; i++ )
                {
                        lz += gserialized_is_empty_recurse(p+lz, isempty);
                        if ( ! *isempty )
                                return lz;
                }
                *isempty = LW_TRUE;
                return lz;
        }
        else
        {
                *isempty = (num == 0 ? LW_TRUE : LW_FALSE);
                return 8;
        }
}

int gserialized_is_empty(const GSERIALIZED *g)
{
        uint8_t *p = (uint8_t*)g;
        int isempty = 0;
        assert(g);

        p += 8; /* Skip varhdr and srid/flags */
        if( FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g->flags) )
                p += gbox_serialized_size(g->flags); /* Skip the box */

        gserialized_is_empty_recurse(p, &isempty);
        return isempty;
}

char* gserialized_to_string(const GSERIALIZED *g)
{
        return lwgeom_to_wkt(lwgeom_from_gserialized(g), WKT_ISO, 12, 0);
}

/* Unfortunately including advanced instructions is something that
only helps a small sliver of users who can build their own
knowing the target system they will be running on. Packagers
have to aim for the lowest common demoninator. So this is
dead code for the forseeable future. */
#define HAVE_PDEP 0
#if HAVE_PDEP
/* http://www.joshbarczak.com/blog/?p=454 */
static uint64_t uint32_interleave_2(uint32_t u1, uint32_t u2)
{
    uint64_t x = u1;
    uint64_t y = u2;
    uint64_t x_mask = 0x5555555555555555;
    uint64_t y_mask = 0xAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA;
    return _pdep_u64(x, x_mask) | _pdep_u64(y, y_mask);
}

static uint64_t uint32_interleave_3(uint32_t u1, uint32_t u2, uint32_t u3)
{
    /* only look at the first 21 bits */
    uint64_t x = u1 & 0x1FFFFF;
    uint64_t y = u2 & 0x1FFFFF;
    uint64_t z = u3 & 0x1FFFFF;
    uint64_t x_mask = 0x9249249249249249;
    uint64_t y_mask = 0x2492492492492492;
    uint64_t z_mask = 0x4924924924924924;
    return _pdep_u64(x, x_mask) | _pdep_u64(y, y_mask) | _pdep_u64(z, z_mask);
}

#else
static uint64_t uint32_interleave_2(uint32_t u1, uint32_t u2)
{
    uint64_t x = u1;
    uint64_t y = u2;
    int i;

    static uint64_t B[5] =
    {
        0x5555555555555555,
        0x3333333333333333,
        0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F,
        0x00FF00FF00FF00FF,
        0x0000FFFF0000FFFF
    };
    static uint64_t S[5] = { 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 };

    for ( i = 4; i >= 0; i-- )
    {
        x = (x | (x << S[i])) & B[i];
        y = (y | (y << S[i])) & B[i];
    }

    return x | (y << 1);
}
#endif

union floatuint {
        uint32_t u;
        float f;
};

uint64_t gbox_get_sortable_hash(const GBOX *g)
{
        union floatuint x, y;

        /*
        * Since in theory the bitwise representation of an IEEE
        * float is sortable (exponents come before mantissa, etc)
        * we just copy the bits directly into an int and then
        * interleave those ints.
        */
        if ( FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g->flags) )
        {
                GEOGRAPHIC_POINT gpt;
                POINT3D p;
                p.x = (g->xmax + g->xmin) / 2.0;
                p.y = (g->ymax + g->ymin) / 2.0;
                p.z = (g->zmax + g->zmin) / 2.0;
                normalize(&p);
                cart2geog(&p, &gpt);
                x.f = gpt.lon;
                y.f = gpt.lat;
        }
        else
        {
                /*
                * Here we'd like to get two ordinates from 4 in the box.
                * Since it's just a sortable bit representation we can omit division from (A+B)/2.
                * All it should do is subtract 1 from exponent anyways.
                */
                x.f = g->xmax + g->xmin;
                y.f = g->ymax + g->ymin;
        }
        return uint32_interleave_2(x.u, y.u);
}

int gserialized_cmp(const GSERIALIZED *g1, const GSERIALIZED *g2)
{
        int g1_is_empty, g2_is_empty, cmp;
        GBOX box1, box2;
        uint64_t hash1, hash2;
        size_t sz1 = SIZE_GET(g1->size);
        size_t sz2 = SIZE_GET(g2->size);
        union floatuint x, y;

        /*
        * For two non-same planar points, we can skip a lot of machinery.
        */
        if (
                sz1 > 16 && // 16 is size of EMPTY, if it's larger - it has coordinates
                sz2 > 16 &&
                *(uint32_t*)(g1->data) == POINTTYPE &&
                *(uint32_t*)(g2->data) == POINTTYPE &&
                !FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g1->flags) &&
                !FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g1->flags) &&
                !FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g2->flags) &&
                !FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g2->flags)
        )
        {
                double *dptr = (double*)(g1->data);
                x.f = 2.0 * dptr[1];
                y.f = 2.0 * dptr[2];
                hash1 = uint32_interleave_2(x.u, y.u);

                dptr = (double*)(g2->data);
                x.f = 2.0 * dptr[1];
                y.f = 2.0 * dptr[2];
                hash2 = uint32_interleave_2(x.u, y.u);

                if ( hash1 > hash2 )
                        return 1;
                if ( hash1 < hash2 )
                        return -1;

                // if hashes happen to be the same, go to full compare.
        }

        size_t hsz1 = gserialized_header_size(g1);
        size_t hsz2 = gserialized_header_size(g2);

        uint8_t *b1 = (uint8_t*)g1 + hsz1;
        uint8_t *b2 = (uint8_t*)g2 + hsz2;
        size_t bsz1 = sz1 - hsz1;
        size_t bsz2 = sz2 - hsz2;
        size_t bsz = bsz1 < bsz2 ? bsz1 : bsz2;

        int cmp_srid = gserialized_cmp_srid(g1, g2);

        g1_is_empty = (gserialized_get_gbox_p(g1, &box1) == LW_FAILURE);
        g2_is_empty = (gserialized_get_gbox_p(g2, &box2) == LW_FAILURE);

        /* Empty == Empty */
        if (g1_is_empty && g2_is_empty)
        {
                /* POINT EMPTY == POINT EMPTY */
                /* POINT EMPTY < LINESTRING EMPTY */
                uint32_t t1 = gserialized_get_type(g1);
                uint32_t t2 = gserialized_get_type(g2);
                return t1 == t2 ? 0 : (t1 < t2 ? -1 : 1);
        }

        /* Empty < Non-empty */
        if (g1_is_empty)
                return -1;

        /* Non-empty > Empty */
        if (g2_is_empty)
                return 1;

        /* Return equality for perfect equality only */
        cmp = memcmp(b1, b2, bsz);
        if ( bsz1 == bsz2 && cmp_srid == 0 && cmp == 0 )
                return 0;

        /* Using the centroids, calculate somewhat sortable */
        /* hash key. The key doesn't provide good locality over */
        /* the +/- boundary, but otherwise is pretty OK */
        hash1 = gbox_get_sortable_hash(&box1);
        hash2 = gbox_get_sortable_hash(&box2);

        if ( hash1 > hash2 )
                return 1;
        else if ( hash1 < hash2 )
                return -1;

        /* What, the hashes are equal? OK... sort on the */
        /* box minima */
        if (box1.xmin < box2.xmin)
                return -1;
        else if (box1.xmin > box2.xmin)
                return 1;

        if (box1.ymin < box2.ymin)
                return -1;
        else if (box1.ymin > box2.ymin)
                return 1;

        /* Still equal? OK... sort on the box maxima */
        if (box1.xmax < box2.xmax)
                return -1;
        else if (box1.xmax > box2.xmax)
                return 1;

        if (box1.ymax < box2.ymax)
                return -1;
        else if (box1.ymax > box2.ymax)
                return 1;

        /* Geeze! How about object size? Sort on that... */
        if (hsz1 < hsz2)
                return -1;
        else if (hsz1 > hsz2)
                return 1;

        /* OK fine, we'll sort on the memcmp just to be done with this */
        return cmp == 0 ? 0 : (cmp > 0 ? 1 : -1);
}

int gserialized_read_gbox_p(const GSERIALIZED *g, GBOX *gbox)
{

        /* Null input! */
        if ( ! ( g && gbox ) ) return LW_FAILURE;

        /* Initialize the flags on the box */
        gbox->flags = g->flags;

        /* Has pre-calculated box */
        if ( FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g->flags) )
        {
                int i = 0;
                float *fbox = (float*)(g->data);
                gbox->xmin = fbox[i++];
                gbox->xmax = fbox[i++];
                gbox->ymin = fbox[i++];
                gbox->ymax = fbox[i++];

                /* Geodetic? Read next dimension (geocentric Z) and return */
                if ( FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->zmin = fbox[i++];
                        gbox->zmax = fbox[i++];
                        return LW_SUCCESS;
                }
                /* Cartesian? Read extra dimensions (if there) and return */
                if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->zmin = fbox[i++];
                        gbox->zmax = fbox[i++];
                }
                if ( FLAGS_GET_M(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->mmin = fbox[i++];
                        gbox->mmax = fbox[i++];
                }
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }

        return LW_FAILURE;
}

/*
* Populate a bounding box *without* allocating an LWGEOM. Useful
* for some performance purposes.
*/
static int gserialized_peek_gbox_p(const GSERIALIZED *g, GBOX *gbox)
{
        uint32_t type = gserialized_get_type(g);

        /* Peeking doesn't help if you already have a box or are geodetic */
        if ( FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g->flags) || FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g->flags) )
        {
                return LW_FAILURE;
        }

        /* Boxes of points are easy peasy */
        if ( type == POINTTYPE )
        {
                int i = 1; /* Start past <pointtype><padding> */
                double *dptr = (double*)(g->data);

                /* Read the empty flag */
                int *iptr = (int*)(g->data);
                int isempty = (iptr[1] == 0);

                /* EMPTY point has no box */
                if ( isempty ) return LW_FAILURE;

                gbox->xmin = gbox->xmax = dptr[i++];
                gbox->ymin = gbox->ymax = dptr[i++];
                gbox->flags = g->flags;
                if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->zmin = gbox->zmax = dptr[i++];
                }
                if ( FLAGS_GET_M(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->mmin = gbox->mmax = dptr[i++];
                }
                gbox_float_round(gbox);
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }
        /* We can calculate the box of a two-point cartesian line trivially */
        else if ( type == LINETYPE )
        {
                int ndims = FLAGS_NDIMS(g->flags);
                int i = 0; /* Start at <linetype><npoints> */
                double *dptr = (double*)(g->data);
                int *iptr = (int*)(g->data);
                int npoints = iptr[1]; /* Read the npoints */

                /* This only works with 2-point lines */
                if ( npoints != 2 )
                        return LW_FAILURE;

                /* Advance to X */
                /* Past <linetype><npoints> */
                i++;
                gbox->xmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                gbox->xmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);

                /* Advance to Y */
                i++;
                gbox->ymin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                gbox->ymax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);

                gbox->flags = g->flags;
                if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(g->flags) )
                {
                        /* Advance to Z */
                        i++;
                        gbox->zmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                        gbox->zmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                }
                if ( FLAGS_GET_M(g->flags) )
                {
                        /* Advance to M */
                        i++;
                        gbox->mmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                        gbox->mmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                }
                gbox_float_round(gbox);
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }
        /* We can also do single-entry multi-points */
        else if ( type == MULTIPOINTTYPE )
        {
                int i = 0; /* Start at <multipointtype><ngeoms> */
                double *dptr = (double*)(g->data);
                int *iptr = (int*)(g->data);
                int ngeoms = iptr[1]; /* Read the ngeoms */
                int npoints;

                /* This only works with single-entry multipoints */
                if ( ngeoms != 1 )
                        return LW_FAILURE;

                /* Npoints is at <multipointtype><ngeoms><pointtype><npoints> */
                npoints = iptr[3];

                /* The check below is necessary because we can have a MULTIPOINT
                 * that contains a single, empty POINT (ngeoms = 1, npoints = 0) */
                if ( npoints != 1 )
                        return LW_FAILURE;

                /* Move forward two doubles (four ints) */
                /* Past <multipointtype><ngeoms> */
                /* Past <pointtype><npoints> */
                i += 2;

                /* Read the doubles from the one point */
                gbox->xmin = gbox->xmax = dptr[i++];
                gbox->ymin = gbox->ymax = dptr[i++];
                gbox->flags = g->flags;
                if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->zmin = gbox->zmax = dptr[i++];
                }
                if ( FLAGS_GET_M(g->flags) )
                {
                        gbox->mmin = gbox->mmax = dptr[i++];
                }
                gbox_float_round(gbox);
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }
        /* And we can do single-entry multi-lines with two vertices (!!!) */
        else if ( type == MULTILINETYPE )
        {
                int ndims = FLAGS_NDIMS(g->flags);
                int i = 0; /* Start at <multilinetype><ngeoms> */
                double *dptr = (double*)(g->data);
                int *iptr = (int*)(g->data);
                int ngeoms = iptr[1]; /* Read the ngeoms */
                int npoints;

                /* This only works with 1-line multilines */
                if ( ngeoms != 1 )
                        return LW_FAILURE;

                /* Npoints is at <multilinetype><ngeoms><linetype><npoints> */
                npoints = iptr[3];

                if ( npoints != 2 )
                        return LW_FAILURE;

                /* Advance to X */
                /* Move forward two doubles (four ints) */
                /* Past <multilinetype><ngeoms> */
                /* Past <linetype><npoints> */
                i += 2;
                gbox->xmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                gbox->xmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);

                /* Advance to Y */
                i++;
                gbox->ymin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                gbox->ymax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);

                gbox->flags = g->flags;
                if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(g->flags) )
                {
                        /* Advance to Z */
                        i++;
                        gbox->zmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                        gbox->zmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                }
                if ( FLAGS_GET_M(g->flags) )
                {
                        /* Advance to M */
                        i++;
                        gbox->mmin = FP_MIN(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                        gbox->mmax = FP_MAX(dptr[i], dptr[i+ndims]);
                }
                gbox_float_round(gbox);
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }

        return LW_FAILURE;
}

int gserialized_get_gbox_p(const GSERIALIZED *g, GBOX *box)
{
        /* Try to just read the serialized box. */
        if ( gserialized_read_gbox_p(g, box) == LW_SUCCESS )
        {
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }
        /* No box? Try to peek into simpler geometries and */
        /* derive a box without creating an lwgeom */
        else if ( gserialized_peek_gbox_p(g, box) == LW_SUCCESS )
        {
                return LW_SUCCESS;
        }
        /* Damn! Nothing for it but to create an lwgeom... */
        /* See http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/1023 */
        else
        {
                LWGEOM *lwgeom = lwgeom_from_gserialized(g);
                int ret = lwgeom_calculate_gbox(lwgeom, box);
                gbox_float_round(box);
                lwgeom_free(lwgeom);
                return ret;
        }
}


/***********************************************************************
* Calculate the GSERIALIZED size for an LWGEOM.
*/

/* Private functions */

static size_t gserialized_from_any_size(const LWGEOM *geom); /* Local prototype */

static size_t gserialized_from_lwpoint_size(const LWPOINT *point)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */

        assert(point);

        size += 4; /* Number of points (one or zero (empty)). */
        size += point->point->npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(point->flags) * sizeof(double);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "point size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwline_size(const LWLINE *line)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */

        assert(line);

        size += 4; /* Number of points (zero => empty). */
        size += line->points->npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(line->flags) * sizeof(double);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "linestring size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwtriangle_size(const LWTRIANGLE *triangle)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */

        assert(triangle);

        size += 4; /* Number of points (zero => empty). */
        size += triangle->points->npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(triangle->flags) * sizeof(double);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "triangle size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwpoly_size(const LWPOLY *poly)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */
        int i = 0;

        assert(poly);

        size += 4; /* Number of rings (zero => empty). */
        if ( poly->nrings % 2 )
                size += 4; /* Padding to double alignment. */

        for ( i = 0; i < poly->nrings; i++ )
        {
                size += 4; /* Number of points in ring. */
                size += poly->rings[i]->npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(poly->flags) * sizeof(double);
        }

        LWDEBUGF(3, "polygon size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwcircstring_size(const LWCIRCSTRING *curve)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */

        assert(curve);

        size += 4; /* Number of points (zero => empty). */
        size += curve->points->npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(curve->flags) * sizeof(double);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "circstring size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwcollection_size(const LWCOLLECTION *col)
{
        size_t size = 4; /* Type number. */
        int i = 0;

        assert(col);

        size += 4; /* Number of sub-geometries (zero => empty). */

        for ( i = 0; i < col->ngeoms; i++ )
        {
                size_t subsize = gserialized_from_any_size(col->geoms[i]);
                size += subsize;
                LWDEBUGF(3, "lwcollection subgeom(%d) size = %d", i, subsize);
        }

        LWDEBUGF(3, "lwcollection size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_any_size(const LWGEOM *geom)
{
        LWDEBUGF(2, "Input type: %s", lwtype_name(geom->type));

        switch (geom->type)
        {
        case POINTTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwpoint_size((LWPOINT *)geom);
        case LINETYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwline_size((LWLINE *)geom);
        case POLYGONTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwpoly_size((LWPOLY *)geom);
        case TRIANGLETYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwtriangle_size((LWTRIANGLE *)geom);
        case CIRCSTRINGTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwcircstring_size((LWCIRCSTRING *)geom);
        case CURVEPOLYTYPE:
        case COMPOUNDTYPE:
        case MULTIPOINTTYPE:
        case MULTILINETYPE:
        case MULTICURVETYPE:
        case MULTIPOLYGONTYPE:
        case MULTISURFACETYPE:
        case POLYHEDRALSURFACETYPE:
        case TINTYPE:
        case COLLECTIONTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwcollection_size((LWCOLLECTION *)geom);
        default:
                lwerror("Unknown geometry type: %d - %s", geom->type, lwtype_name(geom->type));
                return 0;
        }
}

/* Public function */

size_t gserialized_from_lwgeom_size(const LWGEOM *geom)
{
        size_t size = 8; /* Header overhead. */
        assert(geom);

        if ( geom->bbox )
                size += gbox_serialized_size(geom->flags);

        size += gserialized_from_any_size(geom);
        LWDEBUGF(3, "g_serialize size = %d", size);

        return size;
}

/***********************************************************************
* Serialize an LWGEOM into GSERIALIZED.
*/

/* Private functions */

static size_t gserialized_from_lwgeom_any(const LWGEOM *geom, uint8_t *buf);

static size_t gserialized_from_lwpoint(const LWPOINT *point, uint8_t *buf)
{
        uint8_t *loc;
        int ptsize = ptarray_point_size(point->point);
        int type = POINTTYPE;

        assert(point);
        assert(buf);

        if ( FLAGS_GET_ZM(point->flags) != FLAGS_GET_ZM(point->point->flags) )
                lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwpoint");

        LWDEBUGF(2, "lwpoint_to_gserialized(%p, %p) called", point, buf);

        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);
        /* Write in the number of points (0 => empty). */
        memcpy(loc, &(point->point->npoints), sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Copy in the ordinates. */
        if ( point->point->npoints > 0 )
        {
                memcpy(loc, getPoint_internal(point->point, 0), ptsize);
                loc += ptsize;
        }

        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwline(const LWLINE *line, uint8_t *buf)
{
        uint8_t *loc;
        int ptsize;
        size_t size;
        int type = LINETYPE;

        assert(line);
        assert(buf);

        LWDEBUGF(2, "lwline_to_gserialized(%p, %p) called", line, buf);

        if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(line->flags) != FLAGS_GET_Z(line->points->flags) )
                lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwline");

        ptsize = ptarray_point_size(line->points);

        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the npoints. */
        memcpy(loc, &(line->points->npoints), sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "lwline_to_gserialized added npoints (%d)", line->points->npoints);

        /* Copy in the ordinates. */
        if ( line->points->npoints > 0 )
        {
                size = line->points->npoints * ptsize;
                memcpy(loc, getPoint_internal(line->points, 0), size);
                loc += size;
        }
        LWDEBUGF(3, "lwline_to_gserialized copied serialized_pointlist (%d bytes)", ptsize * line->points->npoints);

        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwpoly(const LWPOLY *poly, uint8_t *buf)
{
        int i;
        uint8_t *loc;
        int ptsize;
        int type = POLYGONTYPE;

        assert(poly);
        assert(buf);

        LWDEBUG(2, "lwpoly_to_gserialized called");

        ptsize = sizeof(double) * FLAGS_NDIMS(poly->flags);
        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the nrings. */
        memcpy(loc, &(poly->nrings), sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the npoints per ring. */
        for ( i = 0; i < poly->nrings; i++ )
        {
                memcpy(loc, &(poly->rings[i]->npoints), sizeof(uint32_t));
                loc += sizeof(uint32_t);
        }

        /* Add in padding if necessary to remain double aligned. */
        if ( poly->nrings % 2 )
        {
                memset(loc, 0, sizeof(uint32_t));
                loc += sizeof(uint32_t);
        }

        /* Copy in the ordinates. */
        for ( i = 0; i < poly->nrings; i++ )
        {
                POINTARRAY *pa = poly->rings[i];
                size_t pasize;

                if ( FLAGS_GET_ZM(poly->flags) != FLAGS_GET_ZM(pa->flags) )
                        lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwpoly");

                pasize = pa->npoints * ptsize;
                if ( pasize )
                        memcpy(loc, getPoint_internal(pa, 0), pasize);
                loc += pasize;
        }
        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwtriangle(const LWTRIANGLE *triangle, uint8_t *buf)
{
        uint8_t *loc;
        int ptsize;
        size_t size;
        int type = TRIANGLETYPE;

        assert(triangle);
        assert(buf);

        LWDEBUGF(2, "lwtriangle_to_gserialized(%p, %p) called", triangle, buf);

        if ( FLAGS_GET_ZM(triangle->flags) != FLAGS_GET_ZM(triangle->points->flags) )
                lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwtriangle");

        ptsize = ptarray_point_size(triangle->points);

        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the npoints. */
        memcpy(loc, &(triangle->points->npoints), sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        LWDEBUGF(3, "lwtriangle_to_gserialized added npoints (%d)", triangle->points->npoints);

        /* Copy in the ordinates. */
        if ( triangle->points->npoints > 0 )
        {
                size = triangle->points->npoints * ptsize;
                memcpy(loc, getPoint_internal(triangle->points, 0), size);
                loc += size;
        }
        LWDEBUGF(3, "lwtriangle_to_gserialized copied serialized_pointlist (%d bytes)", ptsize * triangle->points->npoints);

        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwcircstring(const LWCIRCSTRING *curve, uint8_t *buf)
{
        uint8_t *loc;
        int ptsize;
        size_t size;
        int type = CIRCSTRINGTYPE;

        assert(curve);
        assert(buf);

        if (FLAGS_GET_ZM(curve->flags) != FLAGS_GET_ZM(curve->points->flags))
                lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwcircstring");


        ptsize = ptarray_point_size(curve->points);
        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the npoints. */
        memcpy(loc, &curve->points->npoints, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Copy in the ordinates. */
        if ( curve->points->npoints > 0 )
        {
                size = curve->points->npoints * ptsize;
                memcpy(loc, getPoint_internal(curve->points, 0), size);
                loc += size;
        }

        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwcollection(const LWCOLLECTION *coll, uint8_t *buf)
{
        size_t subsize = 0;
        uint8_t *loc;
        int i;
        int type;

        assert(coll);
        assert(buf);

        type = coll->type;
        loc = buf;

        /* Write in the type. */
        memcpy(loc, &type, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Write in the number of subgeoms. */
        memcpy(loc, &coll->ngeoms, sizeof(uint32_t));
        loc += sizeof(uint32_t);

        /* Serialize subgeoms. */
        for ( i=0; i<coll->ngeoms; i++ )
        {
                if (FLAGS_GET_ZM(coll->flags) != FLAGS_GET_ZM(coll->geoms[i]->flags))
                        lwerror("Dimensions mismatch in lwcollection");
                subsize = gserialized_from_lwgeom_any(coll->geoms[i], loc);
                loc += subsize;
        }

        return (size_t)(loc - buf);
}

static size_t gserialized_from_lwgeom_any(const LWGEOM *geom, uint8_t *buf)
{
        assert(geom);
        assert(buf);

        LWDEBUGF(2, "Input type (%d) %s, hasz: %d hasm: %d",
                geom->type, lwtype_name(geom->type),
                FLAGS_GET_Z(geom->flags), FLAGS_GET_M(geom->flags));
        LWDEBUGF(2, "LWGEOM(%p) uint8_t(%p)", geom, buf);

        switch (geom->type)
        {
        case POINTTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwpoint((LWPOINT *)geom, buf);
        case LINETYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwline((LWLINE *)geom, buf);
        case POLYGONTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwpoly((LWPOLY *)geom, buf);
        case TRIANGLETYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwtriangle((LWTRIANGLE *)geom, buf);
        case CIRCSTRINGTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwcircstring((LWCIRCSTRING *)geom, buf);
        case CURVEPOLYTYPE:
        case COMPOUNDTYPE:
        case MULTIPOINTTYPE:
        case MULTILINETYPE:
        case MULTICURVETYPE:
        case MULTIPOLYGONTYPE:
        case MULTISURFACETYPE:
        case POLYHEDRALSURFACETYPE:
        case TINTYPE:
        case COLLECTIONTYPE:
                return gserialized_from_lwcollection((LWCOLLECTION *)geom, buf);
        default:
                lwerror("Unknown geometry type: %d - %s", geom->type, lwtype_name(geom->type));
                return 0;
        }
        return 0;
}

static size_t gserialized_from_gbox(const GBOX *gbox, uint8_t *buf)
{
        uint8_t *loc = buf;
        float f;
        size_t return_size;

        assert(buf);

        f = next_float_down(gbox->xmin);
        memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
        loc += sizeof(float);

        f = next_float_up(gbox->xmax);
        memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
        loc += sizeof(float);

        f = next_float_down(gbox->ymin);
        memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
        loc += sizeof(float);

        f = next_float_up(gbox->ymax);
        memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
        loc += sizeof(float);

        if ( FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(gbox->flags) )
        {
                f = next_float_down(gbox->zmin);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);

                f = next_float_up(gbox->zmax);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);

                return_size = (size_t)(loc - buf);
                LWDEBUGF(4, "returning size %d", return_size);
                return return_size;
        }

        if ( FLAGS_GET_Z(gbox->flags) )
        {
                f = next_float_down(gbox->zmin);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);

                f = next_float_up(gbox->zmax);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);

        }

        if ( FLAGS_GET_M(gbox->flags) )
        {
                f = next_float_down(gbox->mmin);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);

                f = next_float_up(gbox->mmax);
                memcpy(loc, &f, sizeof(float));
                loc += sizeof(float);
        }
        return_size = (size_t)(loc - buf);
        LWDEBUGF(4, "returning size %d", return_size);
        return return_size;
}

/* Public function */

GSERIALIZED* gserialized_from_lwgeom(LWGEOM *geom, size_t *size)
{
        size_t expected_size = 0;
        size_t return_size = 0;
        uint8_t *serialized = NULL;
        uint8_t *ptr = NULL;
        GSERIALIZED *g = NULL;
        assert(geom);

        /*
        ** See if we need a bounding box, add one if we don't have one.
        */
        if ( (! geom->bbox) && lwgeom_needs_bbox(geom) && (!lwgeom_is_empty(geom)) )
        {
                lwgeom_add_bbox(geom);
        }

        /*
        ** Harmonize the flags to the state of the lwgeom
        */
        if ( geom->bbox )
                FLAGS_SET_BBOX(geom->flags, 1);
        else
                FLAGS_SET_BBOX(geom->flags, 0);

        /* Set up the uint8_t buffer into which we are going to write the serialized geometry. */
        expected_size = gserialized_from_lwgeom_size(geom);
        serialized = lwalloc(expected_size);
        ptr = serialized;

        /* Move past size, srid and flags. */
        ptr += 8;

        /* Write in the serialized form of the gbox, if necessary. */
        if ( geom->bbox )
                ptr += gserialized_from_gbox(geom->bbox, ptr);

        /* Write in the serialized form of the geometry. */
        ptr += gserialized_from_lwgeom_any(geom, ptr);

        /* Calculate size as returned by data processing functions. */
        return_size = ptr - serialized;

        if ( expected_size != return_size ) /* Uh oh! */
        {
                lwerror("Return size (%d) not equal to expected size (%d)!", return_size, expected_size);
                return NULL;
        }

        if ( size ) /* Return the output size to the caller if necessary. */
                *size = return_size;

        g = (GSERIALIZED*)serialized;

        /*
        ** We are aping PgSQL code here, PostGIS code should use
        ** VARSIZE to set this for real.
        */
        g->size = return_size << 2;

        /* Set the SRID! */
        gserialized_set_srid(g, geom->srid);

        g->flags = geom->flags;

        return g;
}

/***********************************************************************
* De-serialize GSERIALIZED into an LWGEOM.
*/

static LWGEOM* lwgeom_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size);

static LWPOINT* lwpoint_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWPOINT *point;
        uint32_t npoints = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        point = (LWPOINT*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWPOINT));
        point->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        point->bbox = NULL;
        point->type = POINTTYPE;
        point->flags = g_flags;

        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the type. */
        npoints = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr); /* Zero => empty geometry */
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the npoints. */

        if ( npoints > 0 )
                point->point = ptarray_construct_reference_data(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), 1, data_ptr);
        else
                point->point = ptarray_construct(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), 0); /* Empty point */

        data_ptr += npoints * FLAGS_NDIMS(g_flags) * sizeof(double);

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = data_ptr - start_ptr;

        return point;
}

static LWLINE* lwline_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWLINE *line;
        uint32_t npoints = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        line = (LWLINE*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWLINE));
        line->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        line->bbox = NULL;
        line->type = LINETYPE;
        line->flags = g_flags;

        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the type. */
        npoints = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr); /* Zero => empty geometry */
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the npoints. */

        if ( npoints > 0 )
                line->points = ptarray_construct_reference_data(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), npoints, data_ptr);

        else
                line->points = ptarray_construct(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), 0); /* Empty linestring */

        data_ptr += FLAGS_NDIMS(g_flags) * npoints * sizeof(double);

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = data_ptr - start_ptr;

        return line;
}

static LWPOLY* lwpoly_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWPOLY *poly;
        uint8_t *ordinate_ptr;
        uint32_t nrings = 0;
        int i = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        poly = (LWPOLY*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWPOLY));
        poly->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        poly->bbox = NULL;
        poly->type = POLYGONTYPE;
        poly->flags = g_flags;

        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the polygontype. */
        nrings = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr); /* Zero => empty geometry */
        poly->nrings = nrings;
        LWDEBUGF(4, "nrings = %d", nrings);
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the nrings. */

        ordinate_ptr = data_ptr; /* Start the ordinate pointer. */
        if ( nrings > 0)
        {
                poly->rings = (POINTARRAY**)lwalloc( sizeof(POINTARRAY*) * nrings );
                ordinate_ptr += nrings * 4; /* Move past all the npoints values. */
                if ( nrings % 2 ) /* If there is padding, move past that too. */
                        ordinate_ptr += 4;
        }
        else /* Empty polygon */
        {
                poly->rings = NULL;
        }

        for ( i = 0; i < nrings; i++ )
        {
                uint32_t npoints = 0;

                /* Read in the number of points. */
                npoints = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr);
                data_ptr += 4;

                /* Make a point array for the ring, and move the ordinate pointer past the ring ordinates. */
                poly->rings[i] = ptarray_construct_reference_data(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), npoints, ordinate_ptr);

                ordinate_ptr += sizeof(double) * FLAGS_NDIMS(g_flags) * npoints;
        }

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = ordinate_ptr - start_ptr;

        return poly;
}

static LWTRIANGLE* lwtriangle_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWTRIANGLE *triangle;
        uint32_t npoints = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        triangle = (LWTRIANGLE*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWTRIANGLE));
        triangle->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        triangle->bbox = NULL;
        triangle->type = TRIANGLETYPE;
        triangle->flags = g_flags;

        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the type. */
        npoints = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr); /* Zero => empty geometry */
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the npoints. */

        if ( npoints > 0 )
                triangle->points = ptarray_construct_reference_data(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), npoints, data_ptr);
        else
                triangle->points = ptarray_construct(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), 0); /* Empty triangle */

        data_ptr += FLAGS_NDIMS(g_flags) * npoints * sizeof(double);

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = data_ptr - start_ptr;

        return triangle;
}

static LWCIRCSTRING* lwcircstring_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWCIRCSTRING *circstring;
        uint32_t npoints = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        circstring = (LWCIRCSTRING*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWCIRCSTRING));
        circstring->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        circstring->bbox = NULL;
        circstring->type = CIRCSTRINGTYPE;
        circstring->flags = g_flags;

        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the circstringtype. */
        npoints = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr); /* Zero => empty geometry */
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the npoints. */

        if ( npoints > 0 )
                circstring->points = ptarray_construct_reference_data(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), npoints, data_ptr);
        else
                circstring->points = ptarray_construct(FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), 0); /* Empty circularstring */

        data_ptr += FLAGS_NDIMS(g_flags) * npoints * sizeof(double);

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = data_ptr - start_ptr;

        return circstring;
}

static LWCOLLECTION* lwcollection_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint32_t type;
        uint8_t *start_ptr = data_ptr;
        LWCOLLECTION *collection;
        uint32_t ngeoms = 0;
        int i = 0;

        assert(data_ptr);

        type = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr);
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the type. */

        collection = (LWCOLLECTION*)lwalloc(sizeof(LWCOLLECTION));
        collection->srid = SRID_UNKNOWN; /* Default */
        collection->bbox = NULL;
        collection->type = type;
        collection->flags = g_flags;

        ngeoms = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr);
        collection->ngeoms = ngeoms; /* Zero => empty geometry */
        data_ptr += 4; /* Skip past the ngeoms. */

        if ( ngeoms > 0 )
                collection->geoms = lwalloc(sizeof(LWGEOM*) * ngeoms);
        else
                collection->geoms = NULL;

        /* Sub-geometries are never de-serialized with boxes (#1254) */
        FLAGS_SET_BBOX(g_flags, 0);

        for ( i = 0; i < ngeoms; i++ )
        {
                uint32_t subtype = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr);
                size_t subsize = 0;

                if ( ! lwcollection_allows_subtype(type, subtype) )
                {
                        lwerror("Invalid subtype (%s) for collection type (%s)", lwtype_name(subtype), lwtype_name(type));
                        lwfree(collection);
                        return NULL;
                }
                collection->geoms[i] = lwgeom_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, &subsize);
                data_ptr += subsize;
        }

        if ( g_size )
                *g_size = data_ptr - start_ptr;

        return collection;
}

LWGEOM* lwgeom_from_gserialized_buffer(uint8_t *data_ptr, uint8_t g_flags, size_t *g_size)
{
        uint32_t type;

        assert(data_ptr);

        type = gserialized_get_uint32_t(data_ptr);

        LWDEBUGF(2, "Got type %d (%s), hasz=%d hasm=%d geodetic=%d hasbox=%d", type, lwtype_name(type),
                FLAGS_GET_Z(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_M(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_GEODETIC(g_flags), FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g_flags));

        switch (type)
        {
        case POINTTYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwpoint_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        case LINETYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwline_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        case CIRCSTRINGTYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwcircstring_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        case POLYGONTYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwpoly_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        case TRIANGLETYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwtriangle_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        case MULTIPOINTTYPE:
        case MULTILINETYPE:
        case MULTIPOLYGONTYPE:
        case COMPOUNDTYPE:
        case CURVEPOLYTYPE:
        case MULTICURVETYPE:
        case MULTISURFACETYPE:
        case POLYHEDRALSURFACETYPE:
        case TINTYPE:
        case COLLECTIONTYPE:
                return (LWGEOM *)lwcollection_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, g_size);
        default:
                lwerror("Unknown geometry type: %d - %s", type, lwtype_name(type));
                return NULL;
        }
}

LWGEOM* lwgeom_from_gserialized(const GSERIALIZED *g)
{
        uint8_t g_flags = 0;
        int32_t g_srid = 0;
        uint32_t g_type = 0;
        uint8_t *data_ptr = NULL;
        LWGEOM *lwgeom = NULL;
        GBOX bbox;
        size_t g_size = 0;

        assert(g);

        g_srid = gserialized_get_srid(g);
        g_flags = g->flags;
        g_type = gserialized_get_type(g);
        LWDEBUGF(4, "Got type %d (%s), srid=%d", g_type, lwtype_name(g_type), g_srid);

        data_ptr = (uint8_t*)g->data;
        if ( FLAGS_GET_BBOX(g_flags) )
                data_ptr += gbox_serialized_size(g_flags);

        lwgeom = lwgeom_from_gserialized_buffer(data_ptr, g_flags, &g_size);

        if ( ! lwgeom )
                lwerror("lwgeom_from_gserialized: unable create geometry"); /* Ooops! */

        lwgeom->type = g_type;
        lwgeom->flags = g_flags;

        if ( gserialized_read_gbox_p(g, &bbox) == LW_SUCCESS )
        {
                lwgeom->bbox = gbox_copy(&bbox);
        }
        else if ( lwgeom_needs_bbox(lwgeom) && (lwgeom_calculate_gbox(lwgeom, &bbox) == LW_SUCCESS) )
        {
                lwgeom->bbox = gbox_copy(&bbox);
        }
        else
        {
                lwgeom->bbox = NULL;
        }

        lwgeom_set_srid(lwgeom, g_srid);

        return lwgeom;
}