Index: ASTASField.java
===================================================================
--- ASTASField.java	(revision 653)
+++ ASTASField.java	(working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 package uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.impl;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+
 import org.asdt.core.internal.antlr.AS3Parser;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.SyntaxException;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.dom.ASExpression;
Index: ASTASMember.java
===================================================================
--- ASTASMember.java	(revision 653)
+++ ASTASMember.java	(working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 package uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.impl;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.asdt.core.internal.antlr.AS3Parser;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.dom.DocComment;
@@ -64,6 +67,19 @@
 			modifiers.addChildWithTokens(modStatic);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		OutputStreamWriter pw = new OutputStreamWriter(baos);		
+		ASTPrinter a = new ASTPrinter(pw);
+		a.printCurrent(ast);
+		try {
+			pw.close();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return baos.toString();
+	}
 
 	public List getAllMetaTags() {
 		return TagUtils.getAllMetaTags(ast);
Index: ASTASMethod.java
===================================================================
--- ASTASMethod.java	(revision 653)
+++ ASTASMethod.java	(working copy)
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
 
 package uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.impl;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.List;
+
 import org.asdt.core.internal.antlr.AS3Parser;
+
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.SyntaxException;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.dom.ASArg;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.dom.ASBreakStatement;
Index: ASTPrinter.java
===================================================================
--- ASTPrinter.java	(revision 653)
+++ ASTPrinter.java	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
+
+import org.antlr.runtime.Token;
+
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.impl.antlr.LinkedListToken;
 import uk.co.badgersinfoil.metaas.impl.antlr.LinkedListTree;
 
@@ -25,6 +28,12 @@
 			print(tok);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	public void printCurrent(LinkedListTree ast) {
+		for (LinkedListToken tok=ast.getStartToken(); tok.getPrev()!=ast.getStopToken(); tok=tok.getNext()) {
+			print(tok);
+		}		
+	}
 
 	private LinkedListToken findStart(LinkedListTree ast) {
 		LinkedListToken result = null;
@@ -37,8 +46,14 @@
 	private boolean viable(LinkedListToken tok) {
 		return tok != null && tok.getType() != LinkedListToken.EOF;
 	}
+	
+	public void print(Token tok) {
+		if (tok.getText() != null) {
+			out.write(tok.getText());
+		}
+	}
 
-	private void print(LinkedListToken tok) {
+	public void print(LinkedListToken tok) {
 		if (tok.getText() != null) {
 			out.write(tok.getText());
 		}