diff --git a/src/datastructures/string.rs b/src/datastructures/string.rs
index 4f668fc..530ccb3 100644
--- a/src/datastructures/string.rs
+++ b/src/datastructures/string.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, FromBytes, FromZeroes, AsBytes, Unaligned)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
-struct Str {
+pub struct Str {
     data: FileRange,
 }
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl Str {
 }
 
 impl Str {
-    fn set<R>(self, transaction: &mut TransactionHandle<R>, s: &str) -> Self {
+    pub fn set<R>(self, transaction: &mut TransactionHandle<R>, s: &str) -> Self {
         let data = if s.is_empty() {
             Str::new().data
         } else {
@@ -35,20 +35,20 @@ impl Str {
         Str { data }
     }
 
-    fn get(self, reader: &impl ReaderTrait) -> &str {
+    pub fn get(self, reader: &impl ReaderTrait) -> &str {
         std::str::from_utf8(reader.read_raw(self.data)).unwrap()
     }
 }
 
 impl FilePointer<Str> {
-    fn set<R>(self, transaction: &mut TransactionHandle<R>, s: &str) -> FilePointer<Str> {
+    pub fn set<R>(self, transaction: &mut TransactionHandle<R>, s: &str) -> FilePointer<Str> {
         let new_str = transaction.read::<Str>(self).set(transaction, s);
         let (ptr, data) = transaction.modify(self);
         *data = new_str;
         ptr
     }
 
-    fn get(self, reader: &impl ReaderTrait) -> &str {
+    pub fn get(self, reader: &impl ReaderTrait) -> &str {
         reader.read(self).get(reader)
     }
 }