@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
  * For security reasons, serialization and deserialization is only implemented
  * for OFDataArrays with item size 1.
  */
 @interface OFDataArray: OFObject <OFCopying, OFComparing, OFSerialization>
 {
-	char   *data;
+	uint8_t *data;
 	size_t count;
 	size_t itemSize;
 }
 
 #ifdef OF_HAVE_PROPERTIES
@@ -73,10 +73,19 @@
  * \param URL The URL to the contents for the OFDataArray
  * \return A new autoreleased OFDataArray
  */
 + dataArrayWithContentsOfURL: (OFURL*)URL;
 
+/**
+ * \brief Creates a new OFDataArray with an item size of 1, containing the data
+ *	  of the string representation.
+ *
+ * \param string The string representation of the data
+ * \return A new autoreleased OFDataArray
+ */
++ dataArrayWithStringRepresentation: (OFString*)string;
+
 /**
  * \brief Creates a new OFDataArray with an item size of 1, containing the data
  *	  of the Base64-encoded string.
  *
  * \param string The string with the Base64-encoded data
@@ -116,10 +125,19 @@
  * \param URL The URL to the contents for the OFDataArray
  * \return A new autoreleased OFDataArray
  */
 - initWithContentsOfURL: (OFURL*)URL;
 
+/**
+ * \brief Initializes an already allocated OFDataArray with an item size of 1,
+ *	  containing the data of the string representation.
+ *
+ * \param string The string representation of the data
+ * \return A new autoreleased OFDataArray
+ */
+- initWithStringRepresentation: (OFString*)string;
+
 /**
  * \brief Initializes an already allocated OFDataArray with an item size of 1,
  *	  containing the data of the Base64-encoded string.
  *
  * \param string The string with the Base64-encoded data
@@ -233,10 +251,17 @@
 /**
  * \brief Removes all items.
  */
 - (void)removeAllItems;
 
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the string representation of the data array.
+ *
+ * \return The string representation of the data array.
+ */
+- (OFString*)stringRepresentation;
+
 /**
  * \brief Returns a string containing the data in Base64 encoding.
  *
  * \return A string containing the data in Base64 encoding
  */