diff --git a/src/data/mod.rs b/src/data/mod.rs
index 328d66604..f076b08e9 100644
--- a/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 mod doc_ids;
 mod doc_indexes;
+mod shared_data;
 
 use std::slice::from_raw_parts;
 use std::mem::size_of;
@@ -8,48 +9,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub use self::doc_ids::DocIds;
 pub use self::doc_indexes::{DocIndexes, DocIndexesBuilder};
-
-#[derive(Clone, Default)]
-pub struct SharedData {
-    pub bytes: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
-    pub offset: usize,
-    pub len: usize,
-}
-
-impl SharedData {
-    pub fn from_bytes(vec: Vec<u8>) -> SharedData {
-        let len = vec.len();
-        let bytes = Arc::from(vec);
-        SharedData::new(bytes, 0, len)
-    }
-
-    pub fn new(bytes: Arc<Vec<u8>>, offset: usize, len: usize) -> SharedData {
-        SharedData { bytes, offset, len }
-    }
-
-    pub fn range(&self, offset: usize, len: usize) -> SharedData {
-        assert!(offset + len <= self.len);
-        SharedData {
-            bytes: self.bytes.clone(),
-            offset: self.offset + offset,
-            len: len,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Deref for SharedData {
-    type Target = [u8];
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        self.as_ref()
-    }
-}
-
-impl AsRef<[u8]> for SharedData {
-    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.bytes[self.offset..self.offset + self.len]
-    }
-}
+pub use self::shared_data::SharedData;
 
 unsafe fn into_u8_slice<T: Sized>(slice: &[T]) -> &[u8] {
     let ptr = slice.as_ptr() as *const u8;
diff --git a/src/data/shared_data.rs b/src/data/shared_data.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..100f837f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/shared_data.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone)]
+pub struct SharedData {
+    pub bytes: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
+    pub offset: usize,
+    pub len: usize,
+}
+
+impl SharedData {
+    pub fn from_bytes(vec: Vec<u8>) -> SharedData {
+        let len = vec.len();
+        let bytes = Arc::from(vec);
+        SharedData::new(bytes, 0, len)
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(bytes: Arc<Vec<u8>>, offset: usize, len: usize) -> SharedData {
+        SharedData { bytes, offset, len }
+    }
+
+    pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.bytes[self.offset..self.offset + self.len]
+    }
+
+    pub fn range(&self, offset: usize, len: usize) -> SharedData {
+        assert!(offset + len <= self.len);
+        SharedData {
+            bytes: self.bytes.clone(),
+            offset: self.offset + offset,
+            len: len,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Deref for SharedData {
+    type Target = [u8];
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        self.as_slice()
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<[u8]> for SharedData {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        self.as_slice()
+    }
+}