diff --git a/src/pathname.cpp b/src/pathname.cpp
index 0772329..c7565fc 100644
--- a/src/pathname.cpp
+++ b/src/pathname.cpp
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ namespace din {
 		}
 	} //unnamed namespace
 
-	PathName::PathName (const char* parPath) {
-		if (nullptr != parPath && *parPath != '\0') {
-			m_absolute = ('/' == *parPath);
-			std::string path(parPath);
+	PathName::PathName (boost::string_ref parPath) {
+		if (not parPath.empty()) {
+			m_absolute = ('/' == parPath.front());
+			std::string path(parPath.begin(), parPath.end());
 
 			const auto count = count_grouped(path, '/');
 			const std::size_t trailing = (path.back() == '/' ? 1 : 0);
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ namespace din {
 		}
 		else {
 			m_original_path = nullptr;
+			m_absolute = false;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -122,4 +123,8 @@ namespace din {
 		const boost::string_ref ref(src);
 		m_pool.insert(ref, &src);
 	}
+
+	void PathName::join (boost::string_ref parOther, const std::string* parSource) {
+		m_pool.insert(parOther, parSource);
+	}
 } //namespace din
diff --git a/src/pathname.hpp b/src/pathname.hpp
index 387ab25..7377b7f 100644
--- a/src/pathname.hpp
+++ b/src/pathname.hpp
@@ -27,16 +27,20 @@
 namespace din {
 	class PathName {
 	public:
-		explicit PathName ( const char* parPath );
+		PathName ( PathName&& ) = default;
+		PathName ( const PathName& ) = default;
+		explicit PathName ( boost::string_ref parPath );
 		~PathName ( void ) noexcept = default;
 
-		bool is_absolute ( void ) const;
+		bool is_absolute ( void ) const { return m_absolute; }
 		std::string path ( void ) const;
 		const std::string& original_path ( void ) const { return (m_original_path ? *m_original_path : m_empty_str); }
 		std::size_t atom_count ( void ) const;
 		const boost::string_ref operator[] ( std::size_t parIndex ) const;
 		void join ( const PathName& parOther );
 		void join ( const char* parOther );
+		void join ( boost::string_ref parOther, const std::string* parSource );
+		const std::string* get_stringref_source ( std::size_t parIndex ) const;
 
 	private:
 		static const std::string m_empty_str;
diff --git a/src/stringpool.hpp b/src/stringpool.hpp
index b2f6587..bd5820a 100644
--- a/src/stringpool.hpp
+++ b/src/stringpool.hpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ namespace din {
 		bool empty ( void ) const { return m_strings.empty(); }
 		const_iterator begin ( void ) const;
 		const_iterator end ( void ) const;
+		const string_type* get_stringref_source ( std::size_t parIndex ) const;
 
 	private:
 		PoolType m_pool;
diff --git a/src/stringpool.inl b/src/stringpool.inl
index f05d6c3..4ccefcb 100644
--- a/src/stringpool.inl
+++ b/src/stringpool.inl
@@ -107,4 +107,9 @@ namespace din {
 		dummy.push_back(StringListPair(parString, parBaseString));
 		this->update(dummy.begin(), dummy.end());
 	}
+
+	template <typename C, typename Str, typename StrRef>
+	auto StringPool<C, Str, StrRef>::get_stringref_source (std::size_t parIndex) const -> const string_type* {
+		return m_strings[parIndex].second;
+	}
 } //namespace din