From fd09bebedcfe815ec59c12989c9bd1ea4d073c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobie Morgan Hitchcock <tobie@abcum.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:59:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Str convenience method for KV items

---
 kvs/boltdb/kv.go | 5 +++++
 kvs/kv.go        | 1 +
 kvs/mysql/kv.go  | 5 +++++
 kvs/pgsql/kv.go  | 5 +++++
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kvs/boltdb/kv.go b/kvs/boltdb/kv.go
index 000498fe..5700b097 100644
--- a/kvs/boltdb/kv.go
+++ b/kvs/boltdb/kv.go
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ func (kv *KV) Key() []byte {
 func (kv *KV) Val() []byte {
 	return kv.val
 }
+
+// Str returns a string of the value
+func (kv *KV) Str() string {
+	return string(kv.val)
+}
diff --git a/kvs/kv.go b/kvs/kv.go
index 730d5b9e..07f35566 100644
--- a/kvs/kv.go
+++ b/kvs/kv.go
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ type KV interface {
 	Exists() bool
 	Key() []byte
 	Val() []byte
+	Str() string
 }
diff --git a/kvs/mysql/kv.go b/kvs/mysql/kv.go
index fa2a3160..181dc8e4 100644
--- a/kvs/mysql/kv.go
+++ b/kvs/mysql/kv.go
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ func (kv *KV) Key() []byte {
 func (kv *KV) Val() []byte {
 	return kv.val
 }
+
+// Str returns a string of the value
+func (kv *KV) Str() string {
+	return string(kv.val)
+}
diff --git a/kvs/pgsql/kv.go b/kvs/pgsql/kv.go
index 44f40269..e1193002 100644
--- a/kvs/pgsql/kv.go
+++ b/kvs/pgsql/kv.go
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ func (kv *KV) Key() []byte {
 func (kv *KV) Val() []byte {
 	return kv.val
 }
+
+// Str returns a string of the value
+func (kv *KV) Str() string {
+	return string(kv.val)
+}