diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 272503c..c917aa4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub mod crypto;
 pub mod packet;
 pub mod character;
 
+use std::io::Read;
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum PacketParseError {
     NotEnoughBytes,
@@ -10,6 +11,66 @@ pub enum PacketParseError {
     WrongPacketSize(u16, usize),
     DataStructNotLargeEnough(u64, usize),
     InvalidValue,
+    ReadError,
+}
+
+
+trait PSOPacketData {
+    //fn size(&self) -> usize;
+    fn from_bytes<R: Read>(cursor: &mut R) -> Result<Self, PacketParseError> where Self: Sized;
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8>;
+}
+
+impl PSOPacketData for u8 {
+    fn from_bytes<R: Read>(cursor: &mut R) -> Result<u8, PacketParseError>  {
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; 1];
+        cursor.read(&mut bytes).map_err(|_| PacketParseError::ReadError)?;
+        Ok(bytes[0])
+    }
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        vec![*self]
+    }
+}
+
+impl PSOPacketData for u32 {
+    fn from_bytes<R: Read>(cursor: &mut R) -> Result<u32, PacketParseError>  {
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; 4];
+        cursor.read(&mut bytes).map_err(|_| PacketParseError::ReadError)?;
+        Ok(u32::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+    }
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        u32::to_le_bytes(*self).to_vec()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PSOPacketData for u16 {
+    fn from_bytes<R: Read>(cursor: &mut R) -> Result<u16, PacketParseError>  {
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; 2];
+        cursor.read(&mut bytes).map_err(|_| PacketParseError::ReadError)?;
+        Ok(u16::from_le_bytes(bytes))
+    }
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        u16::to_le_bytes(*self).to_vec()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PSOPacketData for String {
+    fn from_bytes<R: Read>(cursor: &mut R) -> Result<String, PacketParseError>  {
+        let mut s: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        cursor.read_to_end(&mut s).map_err(|_| PacketParseError::ReadError)?;
+        let mut utf16 = Vec::new();
+        for c in s.chunks(2) {
+            utf16.push(u16::from_le_bytes([c[0], c[1]]));
+        }
+        Ok(String::from_utf16_lossy(utf16.as_slice()))
+    }
+    fn as_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        for c in self.as_str().encode_utf16() {
+            buf.extend_from_slice(&c.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+        buf
+    }
 }