diff --git a/src/core/Text.cc b/src/core/Text.cc
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+#include "Text.h"
diff --git a/src/core/Text.h b/src/core/Text.h
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+#ifndef TEXT_H
+#define TEXT_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/**
+ * Class representing text. This implementation is temporary and currently
+ * only supports read-only, ASCII text. It needs to be reimplemented to
+ * support UTF-8 and editing.
+ */
+class Text
+{
+public:
+    Text(uint8_t const * ro_buffer, size_t ro_length) :
+        m_ro_buffer(ro_buffer),
+        m_ro_length(ro_length)
+    {
+    }
+
+    uint8_t operator[](int idx) const
+    {
+        return m_ro_buffer[idx];
+    }
+
+    size_t size() const
+    {
+        return m_ro_length;
+    }
+
+protected:
+    uint8_t const * m_ro_buffer;
+    size_t m_ro_length;
+};
+
+#endif