@@ -560,10 +560,25 @@
  * @return An initialized OFString
  */
 - initWithContentsOfURL: (OFURL*)URL
 	       encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding;
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Writes the OFString into the specified C string with the specified
+ *	  encoding.
+ *
+ * @param cString The C string to write into
+ * @param maxLength The maximum number of bytes to write into the C string,
+ *		    including the terminating zero
+ * @param encoding The encoding to use for writing into the C string
+ * @return The number of bytes written into the C string, without the
+ *	   terminating zero
+ */
+- (size_t)getCString: (char*)cString
+	   maxLength: (size_t)maxLength
+	    encoding: (of_string_encoding_t)encoding;
+
 /*!
  * @brief Returns the OFString as a C string in the specified encoding.
  *
  * The result is valid until the autorelease pool is released. If you want to
  * use the result outside the scope of the current autorelease pool, you have to