diff --git a/assembly/encoder.ts b/assembly/encoder.ts
index 8028f6d..737326e 100644
--- a/assembly/encoder.ts
+++ b/assembly/encoder.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ export class JSONEncoder {
         return buffer.subarray(0, buffer.length - 1);
     }
 
+    toString(): String {
+        return this.result;
+    }
+
     setString(name: string, value: string): void {
         this.writeKey(name);
         this.writeString(value);
diff --git a/tests/assembly/roundtrip.spec.as.ts b/tests/assembly/roundtrip.spec.as.ts
index d87540a..845ce5f 100644
--- a/tests/assembly/roundtrip.spec.as.ts
+++ b/tests/assembly/roundtrip.spec.as.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ export class StringConversionTests {
         let resultBuffer = this.handler.serialize();
         let resultString = String.fromUTF8(resultBuffer.buffer.data, resultBuffer.length);
         assert(resultString == expectedString,
-            "Expected:\n" + expectedString + "\n" + "Actual:\n" + resultString)
+            "Expected:\n" + expectedString + "\n" + "Actual:\n" + resultString);
+        assert(this.handler.toString() == expectedString,
+            "Expected:\n" + expectedString + "\n" + "Actual:\n" + resultString);
         return true;
     }
 }
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