1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/codec/c++/data.hpp b/modules/codec/c++/data.hpp
index 3aab554..a86598a 100644
--- a/modules/codec/c++/data.hpp
+++ b/modules/codec/c++/data.hpp
@@ -789,6 +789,24 @@ class data<schema::Array<T,Dim>, encode::Native> {
 			return &value_[0u];
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * 
+		 */
+		data<schema::UInt64, encode::Native> flat_size() const {
+			return {value_.size()};
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Available for contiguous encodings
+		 */
+		data<T, encode::Native>* flat_data() {
+			if(value_.size() == 0u){
+				return nullptr;
+			}
+			return &value_[0u];
+		}
+
+
 private:
 		template<typename U>
 		uint64_t get_flat_index(const U& i) const {