libcore|ByteRefArray: Template for casting the array pointer

doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/data/byterefarray.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
  * General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of
  * the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, see:
- * http://www.gnu.org/licenses</small> 
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses</small>
  */
 
 #ifndef LIBDENG2_BYTEREFARRAY_H
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class DENG2_PUBLIC ByteRefArray : public IByteArray
      */
     void *base();
 
+    template <typename Type>
+    Type const *baseAs() const { return reinterpret_cast<Type const *>(base()); }
+
     /**
      * Returns a non-modifiable pointer to the start of the array.
      */