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diff --git a/src/zencore/include/zencore/compactbinaryutil.h b/src/zencore/include/zencore/compactbinaryutil.h
index d750c6492..eecc3344b 100644
--- a/src/zencore/include/zencore/compactbinaryutil.h
+++ b/src/zencore/include/zencore/compactbinaryutil.h
@@ -52,4 +52,136 @@ ValidateAndReadCompactBinaryObject(const IoBuffer&& Payload, CbValidateError& Ou
 }
 CbObject ValidateAndReadCompactBinaryObject(const CompressedBuffer&& Payload, CbValidateError& OutError);
 
+namespace compactbinary_helpers {
+	template<typename Type>
+	inline void WriteArray(std::span<const Type> Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		Output.BeginArray(ArrayName);
+		for (const Type Value : Values)
+		{
+			Output << Value;
+		}
+		Output.EndArray();
+	}
+
+	template<typename Type>
+	inline void WriteArray(const std::vector<Type>& Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		WriteArray(std::span<const Type>(Values), ArrayName, Output);
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline void WriteArray(std::span<const std::filesystem::path> Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		Output.BeginArray(ArrayName);
+		for (const std::filesystem::path& Path : Values)
+		{
+			Output.AddString((const char*)Path.generic_u8string().c_str());
+		}
+		Output.EndArray();
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline void WriteArray(const std::vector<std::filesystem::path>& Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		WriteArray(std::span<const std::filesystem::path>(Values), ArrayName, Output);
+	}
+
+	inline void WriteBinaryAttachmentArray(std::span<const IoHash> Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		Output.BeginArray(ArrayName);
+		for (const IoHash& Hash : Values)
+		{
+			Output.AddBinaryAttachment(Hash);
+		}
+		Output.EndArray();
+	}
+
+	inline void WriteBinaryAttachmentArray(const std::vector<IoHash>& Values, std::string_view ArrayName, CbWriter& Output)
+	{
+		WriteArray(std::span<const IoHash>(Values), ArrayName, Output);
+	}
+
+	template<typename Type>
+	std::vector<Type> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input);
+
+	template<>
+	inline std::vector<uint32_t> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<uint32_t> Result;
+		CbArrayView			  Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(ItemView.AsUInt32());
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline std::vector<uint64_t> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<uint64_t> Result;
+		CbArrayView			  Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(ItemView.AsUInt64());
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline std::vector<std::filesystem::path> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<std::filesystem::path> Result;
+		CbArrayView						   Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(std::filesystem::path(ItemView.AsU8String()));
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline std::vector<std::string> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<std::string> Result;
+		CbArrayView				 Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(std::string(ItemView.AsString()));
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+	template<>
+	inline std::vector<IoHash> ReadArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<IoHash> Result;
+		CbArrayView			Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(ItemView.AsHash());
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+	inline std::vector<IoHash> ReadBinaryAttachmentArray(std::string_view ArrayName, CbObjectView Input)
+	{
+		std::vector<IoHash> Result;
+		CbArrayView			Array = Input[ArrayName].AsArrayView();
+		Result.reserve(Array.Num());
+		for (CbFieldView ItemView : Array)
+		{
+			Result.push_back(ItemView.AsBinaryAttachment());
+		}
+		return Result;
+	}
+
+}  // namespace compactbinary_helpers
+
 }  // namespace zen