diff --git a/src/tofrom_ref.hpp b/src/tofrom_ref.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include "to_string.hpp"
+#include "from_string.hpp"
+#include "tofrom_string.hpp"
+
+
+template<typename T>
+class TFSRef : public ToFromString
+{
+public:
+  int
+  from_string(const std::string_view s_) final
+  {
+    return str::from(s_,&_data);
+  }
+
+  std::string
+  to_string(void) const final
+  {
+    return str::to(_data);
+  }
+
+public:
+  TFSRef(T &data_)
+    : _data(data_)
+  {
+  }
+
+  TFSRef(T       &data_,
+         const T  val_)
+    : _data(data_)
+  {
+    _data = val_;
+  }
+
+private:
+  T &_data;
+};