class QgsGeometryCache
{
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#include <qgsgeometrycache.h>
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  public:
    QgsGeometryCache();

    QgsGeometryMap &cachedGeometries();

    //! fetch geometry from cache, return true if successful
    bool geometry( QgsFeatureId fid, QgsGeometry &geometry );

    //! store a geometry in the cache
    void cacheGeometry( QgsFeatureId fid, const QgsGeometry &geom );

    //! get rid of the cached geometry
    void removeGeometry( QgsFeatureId fid );

    /** Deletes the geometries in mCachedGeometries */
    void deleteCachedGeometries();

    void setCachedGeometriesRect( const QgsRectangle &extent );
    const QgsRectangle &cachedGeometriesRect();

};