6 files changed, 30 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/stable/string.cpp b/src/stable/string.cpp
index ed4e58b..98b78bd 100644
--- a/src/stable/string.cpp
+++ b/src/stable/string.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,16 @@ const char *Bu::String::getStr() const
     return core->pFirst->pData;
 }
 
+char *Bu::String::getData()
+{
+    return getStr();
+}
+
+const char *Bu::String::getData() const
+{
+    return getStr();
+}
+
 const char *Bu::String::getConstStr() const
 {
     return getStr();
diff --git a/src/stable/string.h b/src/stable/string.h
index c469580..1fc5496 100644
--- a/src/stable/string.h
+++ b/src/stable/string.h
@@ -721,6 +721,18 @@ namespace Bu
          *@returns (const char *) The string data.
          */
         const char *getStr() const;
+        
+        /**
+         * Get a pointer to the string array.
+         *@returns (char *) The string data.
+         */
+        char *getData();
+        
+        /**
+         * Get a const pointer to the string array.
+         *@returns (const char *) The string data.
+         */
+        const char *getData() const;
 
         /**
          * A convinience function, this one won't cause as much work as the
diff --git a/src/unstable/blob.cpp b/src/unstable/blob.cpp
index c4148e1..213a1ec 100644
--- a/src/unstable/blob.cpp
+++ b/src/unstable/blob.cpp
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ Bu::Formatter &Bu::operator<<( Bu::Formatter &rOut, const Bu::Blob &b )
     return rOut;
 }
 
-Bu::ArchiveBase &operator<<( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, const Bu::Blob &b )
+Bu::ArchiveBase &Bu::operator<<( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, const Bu::Blob &b )
 {
     int32_t iSize = b.getSize();
     ar << iSize;
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ Bu::ArchiveBase &operator<<( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, const Bu::Blob &b )
     return ar;
 }
 
-Bu::ArchiveBase &operator>>( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, Bu::Blob &b )
+Bu::ArchiveBase &Bu::operator>>( Bu::ArchiveBase &ar, Bu::Blob &b )
 {
     int32_t iSize;
     ar >> iSize;
diff --git a/src/unstable/blob.h b/src/unstable/blob.h
index dfddb02..8f948e2 100644
--- a/src/unstable/blob.h
+++ b/src/unstable/blob.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace Bu
      */
     class Blob
     {
+    friend ArchiveBase &operator<<( ArchiveBase &ar, const Blob &s );
+    friend ArchiveBase &operator>>( ArchiveBase &ar, Blob &s );
     public:
         class iterator;
         class const_iterator;
diff --git a/src/unstable/utfstring.cpp b/src/unstable/utfstring.cpp
index 6217f80..13a6046 100644
--- a/src/unstable/utfstring.cpp
+++ b/src/unstable/utfstring.cpp
@@ -729,11 +729,12 @@ bool Bu::UtfString::operator>=( const Bu::UtfString &rhs ) const
     return false;
 }
 
-Bu::Blob Bu::UtfString::get( Encoding eEnc ) const
+Bu::String Bu::UtfString::get( Encoding eEnc ) const
 {
     Bu::MemBuf mb;
     write( mb, eEnc );
-    return Bu::Blob( mb.getString().getStr(), mb.getString().getSize() );
+    //return Bu::Blob( mb.getString().getStr(), mb.getString().getSize() );
+    return Bu::String( mb.getString().getStr(), mb.getString().getSize() );
 }
 
 void Bu::UtfString::debug() const
diff --git a/src/unstable/utfstring.h b/src/unstable/utfstring.h
index 3c64a75..5355f3e 100644
--- a/src/unstable/utfstring.h
+++ b/src/unstable/utfstring.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ namespace Bu
          * a binary Bu::Blob.  Like write, this also includes the proper BOM
          * at the begining.
          */
-        Bu::Blob get( Encoding eEnc=Utf8 ) const;
+        Bu::String get( Encoding eEnc=Utf8 ) const;
 
         void debug() const;