1 files changed, 45 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/nihil.ucl/string.ccm b/nihil.ucl/string.ccm
index 64f88dc..f92c82c 100644
--- a/nihil.ucl/string.ccm
+++ b/nihil.ucl/string.ccm
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ import :object;
 namespace nihil::ucl {
 
 export struct string final : object {
-	using value_type = std::string_view;
-
+	using contained_type = std::string_view;
 	inline static constexpr object_type ucl_type = object_type::string;
 
+	using value_type = char const;
+	using size_type = std::size_t;
+	using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+	using reference = value_type &;
+	using pointer = value_type *;
+	using iterator = pointer;
+
 	// Create a new string from a UCL object.
 	string(ref_t, ::ucl_object_t const *uobj)
 		: object(nihil::ucl::ref, uobj)
@@ -71,7 +77,7 @@ export struct string final : object {
 	{}
 
 	// Return the value of this string.
-	auto value(this string const &self) -> value_type
+	auto value(this string const &self) -> contained_type
 	{
 		char const *dptr{};
 		std::size_t dlen;
@@ -83,6 +89,42 @@ export struct string final : object {
 		// This should never fail.
 		std::abort();
 	}
+
+	// Return the size of this string.
+	auto size(this string const &self) -> size_type
+	{
+		return self.value().size();
+	}
+
+	// Test if this string is empty.
+	auto empty(this string const &self) -> bool
+	{
+		return self.size() == 0;
+	}
+
+	// Access this string's data
+	auto data(this string const &self) -> pointer
+	{
+		char const *dptr{};
+
+		auto const *uobj = self.get_ucl_object();
+		if (::ucl_object_tostring_safe(uobj, &dptr))
+			return dptr;
+
+		// This should never fail.
+		std::abort();
+	}
+
+	// Iterator access
+	auto begin(this string const &self) -> iterator
+	{
+		return self.data();
+	}
+
+	auto end(this string const &self) -> iterator
+	{
+		return self.data() + self.size();
+	}
 };
 
 /*