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diff --git a/include/jwt/impl/string_view.ipp b/include/jwt/impl/string_view.ipp
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+#ifndef JWT_STRING_VIEW_IPP
+#define JWT_STRING_VIEW_IPP
+
+namespace jwt {
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find(
+    const CharT* str, 
+    size_type pos, 
+    size_type n) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+  assert (n < (len_ - pos) && "Comparison size out of bounds");
+
+  if (n == 0) {
+    return pos <= len_ ? pos : npos;
+  }
+  if (n <= len_) {
+    for (; pos <= (len_ - n); ++pos) {
+      if (traits_type::eq(data_[pos], str[0]) &&
+          traits_type::compare(data_ + pos + 1, str + 1, n - 1) == 0) {
+        return pos;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::rfind(
+    const CharT* str,
+    size_type pos,
+    size_type n) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+  assert (pos < len_ && "Position out of bounds");
+
+  if (n <= len_) {
+    pos = std::min(len_ - n, pos);
+    do {
+      if (traits_type::eq(data_[pos], str[0]) &&
+          traits_type::compare(data_ + pos + 1, str + 1, n - 1) == 0) {
+        return pos;
+      }
+    } while (pos-- != 0);
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find(
+    const CharT ch, 
+    size_type pos) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  if (pos < len_) {
+    for (size_type i = pos; i < len_; ++i) {
+      if (traits_type::eq(data_[i], ch)) return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::rfind(
+    const CharT ch,
+    size_type pos) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  if (pos < len_) {
+    do {
+      if (traits_type::eq(data_[pos], ch)) {
+        return pos;
+      }
+    } while (pos-- != 0);
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_first_of(
+    const CharT* str, 
+    size_type pos, 
+    size_type count) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+
+  for (size_type i = pos; i < len_; ++i) {
+    auto p = traits_type::find(str, count, data_[i]);
+    if (p) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_last_of(
+    const CharT* str, 
+    size_type pos, 
+    size_type count) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+  assert (pos < len_ && "Position must be within the bounds of the view");
+  size_type siz = len_;
+
+  if (siz && count) {
+    siz = std::min(pos, siz);
+
+    do {
+      auto p = traits_type::find(str, count, data_[siz]);
+      if (p) {
+        return siz;
+      }
+    } while (siz-- != 0);
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_first_not_of(
+    const CharT* str,
+    size_type pos,
+    size_type n) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+  assert (pos < len_&& "Position must be within the bounds of the view");
+
+  for (size_type i = pos; i < len_; ++i)
+  {
+    auto p = traits_type::find(str, n, data_[i]);
+    if (not p) return i;
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_last_not_of(
+    const CharT* str,
+    size_type pos,
+    size_type n) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (str);
+  assert (pos < len_ && "Position must be within the bounds of the view");
+
+  do {
+    for (size_type i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+      if (not traits_type::eq(data_[pos], str[i])) return pos;
+    }
+  } while (pos-- != 0);
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_first_not_of(
+    CharT ch,
+    size_type pos) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (pos < len_&& "Position must be within the bounds of the view");
+
+  for (size_type i = pos; i < len_; ++i) {
+    if (not traits_type::eq(data_[i], ch)) return i;
+  }
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+auto basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::find_last_not_of(
+    CharT ch,
+    size_type pos) const noexcept -> size_type
+{
+  assert (pos < len_ && "Position must be within the bounds of the view");
+
+  do {
+    if (not traits_type::eq(data_[pos], ch)) return pos;
+  } while (pos-- != 0);
+
+  return npos;
+}
+
+// Comparison Operators
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator== (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                 basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  if (a.length() != b.length()) return false;
+  using traits_type = typename basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::traits_type;
+  using size_type = typename basic_string_view<CharT, Traits>::size_type;
+
+  for (size_type i = 0; i < a.length(); ++i) {
+    if (not traits_type::eq(a[i], b[i])) return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator!= (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                 basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  return not ( a == b );
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator< (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  return a.compare(b) < 0;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator> (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  return a.compare(b) > 0;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator<= (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                 basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  return a.compare(b) <= 0;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+bool operator>= (basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> a,
+                 basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> b) noexcept
+{
+  return a.compare(b) >= 0;
+}
+
+template <typename CharT, typename Traits>
+std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, basic_string_view<CharT, Traits> sv)
+{
+  os.write(sv.data(), sv.length());
+  return os;
+}
+
+} // END namespace jwt
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/jwt/jwt.hpp b/include/jwt/jwt.hpp
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+++ b/include/jwt/jwt.hpp
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+#ifndef JWT_HPP
+#define JWT_HPP
+
+namespace jwt {
+
+enum class algorithm
+{
+  NONE = 0,
+  HS256,
+  HS384,
+  HS512,
+  RS256,
+  RS384,
+  RS512,
+  ES256,
+  ES384,
+  ES512,
+  TERM,
+};
+
+
+} // END namespace jwt
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/jwt/string_view.hpp b/include/jwt/string_view.hpp
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+#ifndef JWT_STRING_VIEW_HPP
+#define JWT_STRING_VIEW_HPP
+
+#include <limits>
+#include <string>
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace jwt {
+
+/*
+ * Implements c++17 string_view.
+ * Could have used boost::string_ref, but wanted to 
+ * keep boost dependency off from this library.
+ */
+
+template <
+  typename CharT, 
+  typename Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>
+>
+class basic_string_view
+{
+public: // Member Types
+  using traits_type = std::char_traits<CharT>;
+  using value_type = CharT;
+  using pointer = const CharT*;
+  using const_pointer = const CharT*;
+  using reference = const CharT&;
+  using const_reference = const CharT&;
+  using iterator = const CharT*;
+  using const_iterator = const CharT*;
+  using reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<iterator>;
+  using const_reverse_iterator = std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator>;
+  using size_type = size_t;
+  using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+
+  static constexpr size_type npos = size_type(-1);
+
+public: // 'tors
+  /// The default constructor;
+  basic_string_view() = default;
+
+  /// Construct from string literal
+  basic_string_view(const CharT* str) noexcept
+    : data_(str)
+    , len_(str ? traits_type::length(str) : 0)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /// Construct from CharT pointer and provided length
+  basic_string_view(const CharT* p, size_type len) noexcept
+    : data_(p)
+    , len_(len)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /// Construct from std::string
+  template <typename Allocator>
+  basic_string_view(
+      const std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Allocator>& str) noexcept
+    : data_(str.data())
+    , len_(str.length())
+  {
+  }
+
+  /// Copy constructor
+  basic_string_view(const basic_string_view&) = default;
+
+  /// Assignment operator
+  basic_string_view& operator=(const basic_string_view&) = default;
+
+  /// Destructor
+  ~basic_string_view()
+  {
+    data_ = nullptr;
+    len_ = 0;
+  }
+
+public: // Exposed APIs
+  /// Iterator Member Functions
+
+  iterator begin() const noexcept { return data_;        }
+  iterator end()   const noexcept { return data_ + len_; }
+
+  iterator rbegin() const noexcept { return reverse_iterator(end());   }
+  iterator rend()   const noexcept { return reverse_iterator(begin()); }
+
+  const_iterator cbegin() const noexcept { return begin(); }
+  const_iterator cend()   const noexcept { return end();   }
+
+  const_iterator crbegin() const noexcept { return rbegin(); }
+  const_iterator crend()   const noexcept { return rend();   }
+
+  /// Capacity Member Functions
+
+  size_type length() const noexcept { return len_; }
+  size_type size()   const noexcept { return len_; }
+
+  size_type max_size() const noexcept
+  {
+    return (npos - sizeof(size_type) - sizeof(void*))
+      / sizeof(value_type) / 4;
+  }
+
+  bool empty() const noexcept { return len_ == 0; }
+
+  /// Element Access Member Functions
+  const_reference operator[](size_type idx) const noexcept
+  {
+    return data_[idx];
+  }
+
+  // NOTE: 'at' not supported
+  //CharT at(size_type idx) const;
+
+  const_reference front() const noexcept
+  {
+    return data_[0];
+  }
+
+  const_reference back() const noexcept
+  {
+    return data_[len_ - 1];
+  }
+
+  const_pointer data() const noexcept
+  {
+    return data_;
+  }
+
+  /// Modifier Member Functions
+  void remove_prefix(size_type n) noexcept
+  {
+    assert (n < len_ && "Data would point out of bounds");
+    data_ += n;
+    len_ -= n;
+  }
+
+  void remove_suffix(size_type n) noexcept
+  {
+    assert (n < len_ && "Suffix length more than data length");
+    len_ -= n;
+  }
+
+  void swap(basic_string_view& other)
+  {
+    std::swap(data_, other.data_);
+    std::swap(len_, other.len_);
+  }
+
+  /// String Operation Member Functions
+
+  template <typename Allocator>
+  explicit operator std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Allocator>() const
+  {
+    return {data_, len_};
+  }
+
+  template <typename Allocator = std::allocator<CharT>>
+  std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Allocator>
+  to_string(const Allocator& alloc = Allocator()) const
+  {
+    return {data_, len_, alloc};
+  }
+
+  // NOTE: Does not throw 
+  size_type copy(CharT* dest, size_type n, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    assert (pos < len_ && n < len_);
+    size_type to_copy = std::min(n, len_ - pos);
+
+    for (size_type i = 0; i < to_copy; i++) {
+      dest[i] = data_[i + pos];
+    }
+
+    return to_copy;
+  }
+
+  // NOTE: Does not throw
+  basic_string_view substr(size_type pos, size_type n = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    assert (pos < len_ && "Start position should be less than length of the view");
+    assert (n == npos ? 1 : (n - pos) < len_ && 
+        "Substring length asked for is more than the view length");
+
+    if (n == npos) n = len_;
+
+    return basic_string_view{data_ + pos, n};
+  }
+
+  /// Comparison Member Functions
+  int compare(const basic_string_view& other) const noexcept
+  {
+    int ret = traits_type::compare(data_, other.data_, std::min(len_, other.len_));
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      ret = compare_length(len_, other.len_);
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  int compare(size_type pos, size_type n, basic_string_view other) const noexcept
+  {
+    return substr(pos, n).compare(other);
+  }
+
+  int compare(const CharT* str) const noexcept
+  {
+    return compare(basic_string_view{str});
+  }
+
+  int compare(size_type pos, size_type n, const CharT* str) const noexcept
+  {
+    return compare(pos, n, basic_string_view{str});
+  }
+
+  int compare(size_type pos, size_type n1, const CharT* str, size_type n2) const noexcept
+  {
+    return compare(pos, n1, basic_string_view{str, n2});
+  }
+
+  /// Find operations
+  size_type find(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type n) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find(const CharT ch, size_type pos) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find(basic_string_view sv, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find(sv.data(), pos, sv.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type find(const CharT* str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find(str, pos, traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  size_type rfind(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type n) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type rfind(const CharT ch, size_type pos) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type rfind(basic_string_view sv, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return rfind(sv.data(), pos, sv.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type rfind(const CharT* str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return rfind(str, pos, traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  size_type find_first_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type count) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_first_of(basic_string_view str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_first_of(str.data(), pos, str.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type find_first_of(CharT ch, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find(ch, pos);
+  }
+
+  size_type find_first_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_first_of(str, pos, traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  size_type find_last_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type count) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_last_of(basic_string_view str, size_type pos = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_last_of(str.data(), (pos == npos ? len_ - 1 : pos), str.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type find_last_of(CharT ch, size_type pos = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    return rfind(ch, pos == npos ? len_ - 1 : pos);
+  }
+
+  size_type find_last_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_last_of(str, (pos == npos ? len_ - 1 : pos), traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  size_type find_first_not_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type n) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_first_not_of(CharT ch, size_type pos) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_first_not_of(basic_string_view str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_first_not_of(str.data(), pos, str.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type find_first_not_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos = 0) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_first_not_of(str, pos, traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  size_type find_last_not_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos, size_type n) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_last_not_of(CharT ch, size_type pos) const noexcept;
+
+  size_type find_last_not_of(basic_string_view str, size_type pos = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_last_not_of(str.data(), (pos == npos ? len_ - 1 : pos), str.length());
+  }
+
+  size_type find_last_not_of(const CharT* str, size_type pos = npos) const noexcept
+  {
+    return find_last_not_of(str, (pos == npos ? len_ - 1 : pos), traits_type::length(str));
+  }
+
+  /// Comparison operators Member Functions
+  /*
+  friend bool operator== (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+
+  friend bool operator!= (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+
+  friend bool operator< (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+
+  friend bool operator> (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+
+  friend bool operator<= (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+
+  friend bool operator>= (basic_string_view a, basic_string_view b) noexcept;
+  */
+
+private: // private implementations
+
+  static constexpr int compare_length(size_type n1, size_type n2) noexcept
+  {
+    return static_cast<difference_type>(n1 - n2) > std::numeric_limits<int>::max()
+      ? std::numeric_limits<int>::max()
+      : static_cast<difference_type>(n1 - n2) < std::numeric_limits<int>::min()
+        ? std::numeric_limits<int>::min()
+        : static_cast<int>(n1 - n2)
+      ;
+  }
+
+private:
+  // This is what view is basically...
+  const char* data_ = nullptr;
+  size_type len_ = 0;
+};
+
+
+} // END namespace jwt
+
+#include "jwt/impl/string_view.ipp"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/jwt/test_sv b/include/jwt/test_sv
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diff --git a/include/jwt/test_sv.cc b/include/jwt/test_sv.cc
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <memory>
+#include "./string_view.hpp"
+
+using string_view = jwt::basic_string_view<char>;
+
+void basic_cons()
+{
+  // Default construction
+  string_view sv{};
+  assert (sv.length() == 0 && "Size must be zero for default constructor");
+
+  // Construction from string literal
+  string_view sv2{"Arun Muralidharan"};
+  assert (sv2.length() == strlen("Arun Muralidharan") && "Lengths must match");
+
+  const char* haystack = "some really big data with infinite objects....";
+
+  // Construct using part of data
+  string_view sv3{haystack, 4};
+  assert (sv3.length() == 4 && "Partial construction is not ok");
+  assert (sv3.to_string() == "some" && "Partial strings are not equal");
+
+  return;
+}
+
+void iterator_test()
+{
+  string_view sv{"Arun Muralidharan"};
+  for (auto c : sv) std::cout << c;
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+  return;
+}
+
+void str_operations()
+{
+  string_view sv{"Arun Muralidharan"};
+  string_view tmp = sv;
+  sv.remove_prefix(5);
+  assert (sv.to_string() == "Muralidharan" && "Remove prefix failed");
+
+  sv = tmp;
+  sv.remove_suffix(strlen("Muralidharan"));
+  assert (sv.to_string() == "Arun " && "Remove suffix failed");
+
+  sv=tmp;
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<char[]> dst{new char[32]};
+    sv.copy(dst.get(), 6, 0);
+    dst[6] = '\0';
+    assert (strlen(dst.get()) == 6 && "Copy Failed-1");
+    assert (std::string{dst.get()} == "Arun M" && "Copy Failed-2");
+
+    sv.copy(dst.get(), 8, 4);
+    dst[8] = '\0';
+    assert (strlen(dst.get()) == 8 && "Middle copy failed-1");
+    assert (std::string{dst.get()} == " Muralid" && "Middle copy failed-2");
+  }
+
+  {
+    auto ss1 = sv.substr(0, 4);
+    assert (ss1.to_string() == "Arun" && "Substr failed - 1");
+
+    auto ss2 = sv.substr(1, 3);
+    assert (ss2.to_string() == "run" && "Substr failed - 2");
+
+    auto ss3 = sv.substr(0);
+    assert (ss3.length() == sv.length() && "Substr failed - 3");
+  }
+
+  return;
+}
+
+void find_oper()
+{
+  string_view sv{"Arun Muralidharan"};
+  auto pos = sv.find("Arun", 0, 4);
+  assert (pos == 0 && "Arun not found in sv");
+
+  pos = sv.find("arun", 0, 4);
+  assert (pos == string_view::npos && "arun is not there in sv");
+
+  sv = "This has a, in it.";
+  pos = sv.find_first_of(",", 0, 1);
+  assert (pos != string_view::npos);
+  assert (pos == 10 && "Comma not found at correct place");
+
+  pos = sv.find_first_of(",", 10, 1);
+  assert (pos != string_view::npos);
+  assert (pos == 10 && "Comma not found at correct place");
+
+  pos = sv.find_first_of(":", 10, 1);
+  assert (pos == string_view::npos);
+
+  pos = sv.find_last_of(",", 5, 1);
+  assert (pos == string_view::npos);
+
+  pos = sv.find_last_of(",", sv.length() - 1, 1);
+  assert (pos != string_view::npos);
+  assert (pos == 10 && "Comma not found at correct place");
+
+  pos = sv.find_first_of(".", 0, 1);
+  assert (pos == sv.length() - 1 && "Dot not found at correct place");
+
+  pos = sv.find_last_of(".", sv.length() - 2, 1);
+  assert (pos == string_view::npos);
+
+  pos = sv.find_last_of(".", sv.length() - 1, 1);
+  assert (pos == sv.length() - 1);
+
+  sv = "Some string :<> with some ??? pattern --**";
+
+  pos = sv.rfind("???", sv.length() - 1, 3);
+  assert (pos != string_view::npos && "??? not found");
+  assert (pos == 26 && "??? not found at the correct place");
+
+  sv = "ATCGTTCACGRRRTCGGGGACGTC";
+
+  pos = sv.find_first_not_of("ATCG");
+  assert (pos != string_view::npos);
+  assert (pos == 10);
+
+  return;
+}
+
+void conversions()
+{
+  auto c2sv = [](int num) -> string_view {
+    switch (num) {
+    case 1: return "one";
+    case 2: return "two";
+    case 3: return "three";
+    default: return "many";
+    };
+  };
+
+  auto res = c2sv(2);
+  assert (res.to_string() == "two");
+
+  auto s2sv = [](std::string s) {
+    return s;
+  };
+
+  s2sv(static_cast<std::string>(res));
+}
+
+void comparisons()
+{
+  string_view s1{"Apple"};
+  string_view s2{"Orange"};
+
+  assert (s1 != s2 && "Two string views are not equal");
+  assert (s2 > s1  && "Orange is lexicographically bigger than Apple");
+
+  s2 = "Apples";
+  assert (s2 > s1 && "Because Apples is plural");
+}
+
+int main() {
+  basic_cons();
+  iterator_test();
+  str_operations();
+  find_oper();
+  conversions();
+  comparisons();
+  return 0;
+};