diff --git a/src/common/counting_writer.rs b/src/common/counting_writer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..368314789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/counting_writer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::io;
+
+
+pub struct CountingWriter<W: Write> {
+    underlying: W,
+    written_bytes: usize,
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> CountingWriter<W> {
+    pub fn wrap(underlying: W) -> CountingWriter<W> {
+        CountingWriter {
+            underlying: underlying,
+            written_bytes: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn written_bytes(&self,) -> usize {
+        self.written_bytes
+    }
+
+    pub fn finish(mut self) -> io::Result<(W, usize)> {
+        self.flush()?;
+        Ok((self.underlying, self.written_bytes))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> Write for CountingWriter<W> {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let written_size = self.underlying.write(buf)?;
+        self.written_bytes += written_size;
+        Ok(written_size)
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.underlying.flush()
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+
+    use super::CountingWriter;
+    use std::io::Write;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_counting_writer() {
+        let buffer: Vec<u8> = vec!();
+        let mut counting_writer = CountingWriter::wrap(buffer);
+        let bytes = (0u8..10u8).collect::<Vec<u8>>();
+        counting_writer.write_all(&bytes).unwrap();
+        let (w, len): (Vec<u8>, usize) = counting_writer.finish().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(len, 10);
+        assert_eq!(w.len(), 10);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common/mod.rs b/src/common/mod.rs
index 9c9fa41ce..84b4cadc5 100644
--- a/src/common/mod.rs
+++ b/src/common/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod serialize;
 mod timer;
 mod vint;
+mod counting_writer;
 pub mod bitpacker;
 
 pub use self::serialize::BinarySerializable;
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ pub use self::timer::Timing;
 pub use self::timer::TimerTree;
 pub use self::timer::OpenTimer;
 pub use self::vint::VInt;
+pub use self::counting_writer::CountingWriter;
+
 use std::io;
 
 /// Create a default io error given a string.
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@ pub fn u64_to_i64(val: u64) -> i64 {
 }
 
 
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
 
diff --git a/src/directory/read_only_source.rs b/src/directory/read_only_source.rs
index 9e5559f62..478936c75 100644
--- a/src/directory/read_only_source.rs
+++ b/src/directory/read_only_source.rs
@@ -73,3 +73,10 @@ impl Clone for ReadOnlySource {
         self.slice(0, self.len())
     }
 }
+
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for ReadOnlySource {
+    fn from(data: Vec<u8>) -> ReadOnlySource {
+        let shared_data = SharedVecSlice::from(data);
+        ReadOnlySource::Anonymous(shared_data)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/directory/shared_vec_slice.rs b/src/directory/shared_vec_slice.rs
index b534e6029..ab5e04644 100644
--- a/src/directory/shared_vec_slice.rs
+++ b/src/directory/shared_vec_slice.rs
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ impl SharedVecSlice {
         }
     }
 }
+
+
+impl From<Vec<u8>> for SharedVecSlice {
+    fn from(data: Vec<u8>) -> SharedVecSlice {
+        SharedVecSlice::new(Arc::new(data))
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/termdict/fstdict/mod.rs b/src/termdict/fstdict/mod.rs
index 7566eaa1b..a0b6589d5 100644
--- a/src/termdict/fstdict/mod.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/fstdict/mod.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ Keys (`&[u8]`) in this datastructure are sorted.
 
 mod termdict;
 mod streamer;
-mod merger;
 
 pub use self::termdict::TermDictionary;
 pub use self::termdict::TermDictionaryBuilder;
 pub use self::streamer::TermStreamer;
 pub use self::streamer::TermStreamerBuilder;
-pub use self::merger::TermMerger;
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/termdict/fstdict/termdict.rs b/src/termdict/fstdict/termdict.rs
index e713a24d7..183ba63b0 100644
--- a/src/termdict/fstdict/termdict.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/fstdict/termdict.rs
@@ -161,41 +161,3 @@ impl<V> TermDictionary<V>
         TermStreamerBuilder::new(self, self.fst_index.range())
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use directory::{RAMDirectory, Directory};
-    use std::path::PathBuf;
-    use fst::Streamer;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_term_dictionary() {
-        let mut directory = RAMDirectory::create();
-        let path = PathBuf::from("TermDictionary");
-        {
-            let write = directory.open_write(&path).unwrap();
-            let mut term_dictionary_builder = TermDictionaryBuilder::new(write).unwrap();
-            term_dictionary_builder
-                .insert("abc".as_bytes(), &34u32)
-                .unwrap();
-            term_dictionary_builder
-                .insert("abcd".as_bytes(), &346u32)
-                .unwrap();
-            term_dictionary_builder.finish().unwrap();
-        }
-        let source = directory.open_read(&path).unwrap();
-        let term_dict: TermDictionary<u32> = TermDictionary::from_source(source).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(term_dict.get("abc"), Some(34u32));
-        assert_eq!(term_dict.get("abcd"), Some(346u32));
-        let mut stream = term_dict.stream();
-        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap(), ("abc".as_bytes(), 34u32));
-        assert_eq!(stream.key(), "abc".as_bytes());
-        assert_eq!(stream.value(), 34u32);
-        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap(), ("abcd".as_bytes(), 346u32));
-        assert_eq!(stream.key(), "abcd".as_bytes());
-        assert_eq!(stream.value(), 346u32);
-        assert!(!stream.advance());
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/termdict/fstdict/merger.rs b/src/termdict/merger.rs
similarity index 72%
rename from src/termdict/fstdict/merger.rs
rename to src/termdict/merger.rs
index dbbc5f6e2..617233b25 100644
--- a/src/termdict/fstdict/merger.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/merger.rs
@@ -155,54 +155,3 @@ impl<'a, V> Streamer<'a> for TermMerger<'a, V>
 
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-
-    use schema::{Term, SchemaBuilder, Document, TEXT};
-    use core::Index;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_term_iterator() {
-        let mut schema_builder = SchemaBuilder::default();
-        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", TEXT);
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema_builder.build());
-        {
-            let mut index_writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 40_000_000).unwrap();
-            {
-                {
-                    let mut doc = Document::default();
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a b d f");
-                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
-                }
-                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-            }
-            {
-                {
-                    let mut doc = Document::default();
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a b c d f");
-                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
-                }
-                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-            }
-            {
-                {
-                    let mut doc = Document::default();
-                    doc.add_text(text_field, "e f");
-                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
-                }
-                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-            }
-        }
-        index.load_searchers().unwrap();
-        let searcher = index.searcher();
-        let mut term_it = searcher.terms();
-        let mut term_string = String::new();
-        while term_it.advance() {
-            let term = Term::from_bytes(term_it.key());
-            term_string.push_str(term.text());
-        }
-        assert_eq!(&*term_string, "abcdef");
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/termdict/mod.rs b/src/termdict/mod.rs
index 8117031c7..bae868d1c 100644
--- a/src/termdict/mod.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/mod.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,205 @@ Keys (`&[u8]`) in this datastructure are sorted.
 #[cfg(not(feature="streamdict"))]
 mod fstdict;
 #[cfg(not(feature="streamdict"))]
-pub use self::fstdict::*;
-
+pub use self::fstdict::{TermDictionary, TermDictionaryBuilder, TermStreamer, TermStreamerBuilder};
 
 #[cfg(feature="streamdict")]
 mod streamdict;
 #[cfg(feature="streamdict")]
-pub use self::termdict::*;
+pub use self::termdict::{TermDictionary, TermDictionaryBuilder, TermStreamer, TermStreamerBuilder};
+
+mod merger;
+pub use self::merger::TermMerger;
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::{TermDictionary, TermDictionaryBuilder};
+    use directory::{RAMDirectory, Directory, ReadOnlySource};
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use fst::Streamer;
+    use schema::{Term, SchemaBuilder, Document, TEXT};
+    use core::Index;
+    use std::str;
+    const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 1_500;
+
+
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_term_dictionary() {
+        let mut directory = RAMDirectory::create();
+        let path = PathBuf::from("TermDictionary");
+        {
+            let write = directory.open_write(&path).unwrap();
+            let mut term_dictionary_builder = TermDictionaryBuilder::new(write).unwrap();
+            term_dictionary_builder
+                .insert("abc".as_bytes(), &34u32)
+                .unwrap();
+            term_dictionary_builder
+                .insert("abcd".as_bytes(), &346u32)
+                .unwrap();
+            term_dictionary_builder.finish().unwrap();
+        }
+        let source = directory.open_read(&path).unwrap();
+        let term_dict: TermDictionary<u32> = TermDictionary::from_source(source).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(term_dict.get("abc"), Some(34u32));
+        assert_eq!(term_dict.get("abcd"), Some(346u32));
+        let mut stream = term_dict.stream();
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap(), ("abc".as_bytes(), 34u32));
+        assert_eq!(stream.key(), "abc".as_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(stream.value(), 34u32);
+        assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap(), ("abcd".as_bytes(), 346u32));
+        assert_eq!(stream.key(), "abcd".as_bytes());
+        assert_eq!(stream.value(), 346u32);
+        assert!(!stream.advance());
+    }
+
+
+
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_term_iterator() {
+        let mut schema_builder = SchemaBuilder::default();
+        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", TEXT);
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema_builder.build());
+        {
+            let mut index_writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 40_000_000).unwrap();
+            {
+                {
+                    let mut doc = Document::default();
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a b d f");
+                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
+                }
+                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
+            }
+            {
+                {
+                    let mut doc = Document::default();
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "a b c d f");
+                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
+                }
+                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
+            }
+            {
+                {
+                    let mut doc = Document::default();
+                    doc.add_text(text_field, "e f");
+                    index_writer.add_document(doc);
+                }
+                index_writer.commit().unwrap();
+            }
+        }
+        index.load_searchers().unwrap();
+        let searcher = index.searcher();
+        let mut term_it = searcher.terms();
+        let mut term_string = String::new();
+        while term_it.advance() {
+            let term = Term::from_bytes(term_it.key());
+            term_string.push_str(term.text());
+        }
+        assert_eq!(&*term_string, "abcdef");
+    }
+
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_stream_dictionary() {
+        let ids: Vec<_> = (0u32..10_000u32)
+            .map(|i| (format!("doc{:0>6}", i), i))
+            .collect();
+        let buffer: Vec<u8> = {
+            let mut stream_dictionary_builder = TermDictionaryBuilder::new(vec!()).unwrap();
+            for &(ref id, ref i) in &ids {
+                stream_dictionary_builder.insert(id.as_bytes(), i).unwrap();
+            }
+            stream_dictionary_builder.finish().unwrap()
+        };
+        let source = ReadOnlySource::from(buffer);
+        let stream_dictionary: TermDictionary<u32> = TermDictionary::from_source(source).unwrap();
+        {
+            let mut streamer = stream_dictionary.stream();
+            let mut i = 0;
+            while let Some((streamer_k, streamer_v)) = streamer.next() {
+                let &(ref key, ref v) = &ids[i];
+                assert_eq!(streamer_k, key.as_bytes());
+                assert_eq!(streamer_v, *v);
+                i += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        let &(ref key, ref _v) = &ids[2047];
+        stream_dictionary.get(key.as_bytes());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_stream_range() {
+        let ids: Vec<_> = (0u32..10_000u32)
+            .map(|i| (format!("doc{:0>6}", i), i))
+            .collect();
+        let buffer: Vec<u8> = {
+            let mut stream_dictionary_builder = TermDictionaryBuilder::new(vec!()).unwrap();
+            for &(ref id, ref i) in &ids {
+                stream_dictionary_builder.insert(id.as_bytes(), i).unwrap();
+            }
+            stream_dictionary_builder.finish().unwrap()
+        };
+
+        println!("a");
+        let source = ReadOnlySource::from(buffer);
+        
+        let stream_dictionary: TermDictionary<u32> = TermDictionary::from_source(source).unwrap();
+        {
+            for i in (0..20).chain(2_000 - 10..2_000 + 10) {
+                println!("i {}", i);
+                let &(ref target_key, _) = &ids[i];
+                let mut streamer = stream_dictionary
+                    .range()
+                    .ge(target_key.as_bytes())
+                    .into_stream();
+                for j in 0..3 {
+                    let (streamer_k, streamer_v) = streamer.next().unwrap();
+                    let &(ref key, ref v) = &ids[i + j];
+                    assert_eq!(str::from_utf8(streamer_k).unwrap(), key);
+                    assert_eq!(streamer_v, *v);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        {
+            for i in (0..20).chain((BLOCK_SIZE - 10..BLOCK_SIZE + 10)) {
+                let &(ref target_key, _) = &ids[i];
+                let mut streamer = stream_dictionary
+                    .range()
+                    .gt(target_key.as_bytes())
+                    .into_stream();
+                for j in 0..3 {
+                    let (streamer_k, streamer_v) = streamer.next().unwrap();
+                    let &(ref key, ref v) = &ids[i + j + 1];
+                    assert_eq!(streamer_k, key.as_bytes());
+                    assert_eq!(streamer_v, *v);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        {
+            for i in (0..20).chain((BLOCK_SIZE - 10..BLOCK_SIZE + 10)) {
+                println!("i2:{}", i);
+                for j in 0..3 {
+                    println!("j2:{}", j);
+                    let &(ref fst_key, _) = &ids[i];
+                    let &(ref last_key, _) = &ids[i + 3];
+                    let mut streamer = stream_dictionary
+                        .range()
+                        .ge(fst_key.as_bytes())
+                        .lt(last_key.as_bytes())
+                        .into_stream();
+                    for _ in 0..j {
+                        assert!(streamer.next().is_some());
+                    }
+                    assert!(streamer.next().is_some());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/termdict/streamdict/mod.rs b/src/termdict/streamdict/mod.rs
index e69de29bb..a58773605 100644
--- a/src/termdict/streamdict/mod.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/streamdict/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+mod termdict;
+mod streamer;
+
+pub use self::termdict::TermDictionary;
+pub use self::termdict::TermDictionaryBuilder;
+pub use self::streamer::TermStreamer;
+pub use self::streamer::TermStreamerBuilder;
+
diff --git a/src/termdict/streamdict/stream_dictionary.rs b/src/termdict/streamdict/streamer.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/termdict/streamdict/stream_dictionary.rs
rename to src/termdict/streamdict/streamer.rs
index 3f76cf217..5548fc139 100644
--- a/src/termdict/streamdict/stream_dictionary.rs
+++ b/src/termdict/streamdict/streamer.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ fn common_prefix_length(left: &[u8], right: &[u8]) -> usize {
         .count()
 }
 
-
-
 fn fill_last<'a>(fst: &'a Fst, mut node: Node<'a>, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) {
     loop {
         if let Some(transition) = node.transitions().last() {
diff --git a/src/termdict/streamdict/termdict.rs b/src/termdict/streamdict/termdict.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c5099a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/termdict/streamdict/termdict.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+#![allow(should_implement_trait)]
+
+use std::cmp::max;
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::io::Read;
+use fst;
+use fst::raw::Fst;
+use common::VInt;
+use directory::ReadOnlySource;
+use common::BinarySerializable;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use common::CountingWriter;
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use fst::{IntoStreamer, Streamer};
+use std::str;
+use fst::raw::Node;
+use fst::raw::CompiledAddr;
+
+const BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 1024;
+
+fn convert_fst_error(e: fst::Error) -> io::Error {
+    io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
+}
+
+pub struct StreamDictionaryBuilder<W: Write, V: BinarySerializable + Clone + Default> {
+    write: CountingWriter<W>,
+    block_index: fst::MapBuilder<Vec<u8>>,
+    last_key: Vec<u8>,
+    len: usize,
+    _phantom_: PhantomData<V>,
+}
+
+fn common_prefix_length(left: &[u8], right: &[u8]) -> usize {
+    left.iter().cloned()
+        .zip(right.iter().cloned())
+        .take_while(|&(b1, b2)| b1 == b2)
+        .count()
+}
+
+fn fill_last<'a>(fst: &'a Fst, mut node: Node<'a>, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    loop {
+        if let Some(transition) = node.transitions().last() {
+            buffer.push(transition.inp);
+            node = fst.node(transition.addr);
+        }
+        else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn strictly_previous_key<B: AsRef<[u8]>>(fst_map: &fst::Map, key_as_ref: B) -> (Vec<u8>, u64) {
+    let key = key_as_ref.as_ref();
+    let fst = fst_map.as_fst();
+    let mut node = fst.root();
+    let mut node_stack: Vec<Node> = vec!(node.clone());
+
+    // first check the longest prefix.
+    for &b in &key[..key.len() - 1] {
+        node = match node.find_input(b) {
+            None => {
+                break;
+            },
+            Some(i) => {
+                fst.node(node.transition_addr(i))
+            },
+        };
+        node_stack.push(node);
+    }
+    
+    let len_node_stack = node_stack.len();
+    for i in (1..len_node_stack).rev() {
+        let cur_node = &node_stack[i];
+        let b: u8 = key[i];
+        let last_transition_opt = cur_node
+            .transitions()
+            .take_while(|transition| transition.inp < b)
+            .last();
+        
+        if let Some(last_transition) = last_transition_opt {
+            let mut result_buffer = Vec::from(&key[..i]);
+            result_buffer.push(last_transition.inp);
+            let mut result = Vec::from(&key[..i]);
+            result.push(last_transition.inp);
+            let fork_node = fst.node(last_transition.addr);
+            fill_last(fst, fork_node, &mut result);
+            let val = fst_map.get(&result).unwrap();
+            return (result, val);
+        }
+        else if cur_node.is_final() {
+            // the previous key is a prefix
+            let result_buffer = Vec::from(&key[..i]);
+            let val = fst_map.get(&result_buffer).unwrap();
+            return (result_buffer, val);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return (vec!(), 0);
+}
+
+
+impl<W: Write, V: BinarySerializable + Clone + Default> StreamDictionaryBuilder<W, V> {
+
+    pub fn new(write: W) -> io::Result<StreamDictionaryBuilder<W, V>> {
+        let buffer: Vec<u8> = vec!();
+        Ok(StreamDictionaryBuilder {
+            write: CountingWriter::wrap(write),
+            block_index: fst::MapBuilder::new(buffer)
+                .expect("This cannot fail"),
+            last_key: Vec::with_capacity(128),
+            len: 0,
+            _phantom_: PhantomData,
+        })
+    }
+    
+    fn add_index_entry(&mut self) {
+        self.block_index.insert(&self.last_key, self.write.written_bytes() as u64).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, key: &[u8], value: &V) -> io::Result<()>{
+        self.insert_key(key)?;
+        self.insert_value(value)
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_key(&mut self, key: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()>{
+        if self.len % BLOCK_SIZE == 0 {
+            self.add_index_entry();
+        }
+        self.len += 1;
+        let common_len = common_prefix_length(key, &self.last_key);
+        VInt(common_len as u64).serialize(&mut self.write)?;
+        self.last_key.truncate(common_len);
+        self.last_key.extend_from_slice(&key[common_len..]);
+        VInt((key.len() - common_len) as u64).serialize(&mut self.write)?;
+        self.write.write_all(&key[common_len..])?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_value(&mut self, value: &V) -> io::Result<()>{
+        value.serialize(&mut self.write)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn finish(mut self) -> io::Result<W> {
+        self.add_index_entry();
+        let (mut w, split_len) = self.write.finish()?;
+        let fst_write = self.block_index
+            .into_inner()
+            .map_err(convert_fst_error)?;
+        w.write(&fst_write)?;
+        (split_len as u64).serialize(&mut w)?;
+        w.flush()?;
+        Ok(w)
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+fn stream_before<'a, V: 'a + Clone + Default + BinarySerializable>(stream_dictionary: &'a StreamDictionary<V>, target_key: &[u8]) -> StreamDictionaryStreamer<'a, V> {
+    let (prev_key, offset) = strictly_previous_key(&stream_dictionary.fst_index, target_key.as_ref());
+    let offset: usize = offset as usize;
+    StreamDictionaryStreamer {
+        cursor: &stream_dictionary.stream_data.as_slice()[offset..],
+        current_key: Vec::from(prev_key),
+        current_value: V::default(),
+    }
+}
+
+
+pub struct StreamDictionary<V> where V:BinarySerializable + Default + Clone {
+    stream_data: ReadOnlySource,
+    fst_index: fst::Map,
+    _phantom_: PhantomData<V>,
+}
+
+fn open_fst_index(source: ReadOnlySource) -> io::Result<fst::Map> {
+    Ok(fst::Map::from(match source {
+        ReadOnlySource::Anonymous(data) => try!(Fst::from_shared_bytes(data.data, data.start, data.len).map_err(convert_fst_error)),
+        ReadOnlySource::Mmap(mmap_readonly) => try!(Fst::from_mmap(mmap_readonly).map_err(convert_fst_error)),
+    }))
+}
+
+
+impl<V: BinarySerializable + Clone + Default> StreamDictionary<V> {
+    
+    pub fn from_source(source: ReadOnlySource)  -> io::Result<StreamDictionary<V>> {
+        let total_len = source.len();
+        let length_offset = total_len - 8;
+        let split_len: usize = {
+            let mut split_len_buffer: &[u8] = &source.as_slice()[length_offset..];
+            u64::deserialize(&mut split_len_buffer)? as  usize
+        };
+        let stream_data = source.slice(0, split_len);
+        let fst_data = source.slice(split_len, length_offset);
+        let fst_index = open_fst_index(fst_data)?;
+        
+        Ok(StreamDictionary {
+            stream_data: stream_data,
+            fst_index: fst_index,
+            _phantom_: PhantomData
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn get<K: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, target_key: K) -> Option<V> {
+        let mut streamer = stream_before(self, target_key.as_ref());
+        while let Some((iter_key, iter_val)) = streamer.next() {
+            match iter_key.cmp(target_key.as_ref()) {
+                Ordering::Less => {}
+                Ordering::Equal => {
+                    let val: V = (*iter_val).clone();
+                    return Some(val);
+                }
+                Ordering::Greater => {
+                    return None;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return None;
+    }
+    
+    pub fn range(&self) -> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<V> {
+        let data: &[u8] = &self.stream_data;
+        StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder {
+            stream_dictionary: &self,
+            offset_from: 0,
+            offset_to: (data.as_ptr() as usize) + data.len(),
+            current_key: vec!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn stream(&self) -> StreamDictionaryStreamer<V> {
+        StreamDictionaryStreamer {
+            cursor: &*self.stream_data,
+            current_key: Vec::with_capacity(128),
+            current_value: V::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V: 'a + BinarySerializable + Clone + Default> {
+    stream_dictionary: &'a StreamDictionary<V>,
+    offset_from: usize,
+    offset_to: usize,
+    current_key: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+
+/// Returns offset information for the first 
+/// key in the stream matching a given predicate.
+///
+/// returns (start offset, the data required to load the value)
+fn get_offset<'a, V, P: Fn(&[u8])->bool>(predicate: P, mut streamer: StreamDictionaryStreamer<V>) -> (usize, Vec<u8>)
+    where V: 'a + BinarySerializable + Clone + Default {
+    let mut prev: &[u8] = streamer.cursor;
+    
+    let mut prev_data: Vec<u8> = streamer.current_key.clone();
+    
+    while let Some((iter_key, _)) = streamer.next() {
+        if !predicate(iter_key) {
+            return (prev.as_ptr() as usize, prev_data);
+        }
+        prev = streamer.cursor;
+        prev_data.clear();
+        prev_data.extend_from_slice(iter_key);
+    }
+    return (prev.as_ptr() as usize, prev_data);
+}
+
+impl<'a, V: 'a + BinarySerializable + Clone + Default> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V> {
+    pub fn ge<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(mut self, bound: T) -> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V> {
+        let target_key = bound.as_ref();
+        let streamer = stream_before(&self.stream_dictionary, target_key.as_ref());
+        let smaller_than = |k: &[u8]| { k.lt(target_key) };
+        let (offset_before, current_key) = get_offset(smaller_than, streamer);
+        self.current_key = current_key;
+        self.offset_from = offset_before;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn gt<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(mut self, bound: T) -> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V> {
+        let target_key = bound.as_ref();
+        let streamer = stream_before(self.stream_dictionary, target_key.as_ref());
+        let smaller_than = |k: &[u8]| { k.le(target_key) };
+        let (offset_before, current_key) = get_offset(smaller_than, streamer);
+        self.current_key = current_key;
+        self.offset_from = offset_before;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn lt<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(mut self, bound: T) -> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V> {
+        let target_key = bound.as_ref();
+        let streamer = stream_before(self.stream_dictionary, target_key.as_ref());
+        let smaller_than = |k: &[u8]| { k.le(target_key) };
+        let (offset_before, _) = get_offset(smaller_than, streamer);
+        self.offset_to = offset_before;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn le<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(mut self, bound: T) -> StreamDictionaryStreamerBuilder<'a, V> {
+        let target_key = bound.as_ref();
+        let streamer = stream_before(self.stream_dictionary, target_key.as_ref());
+        let smaller_than = |k: &[u8]| { k.lt(target_key) };
+        let (offset_before, _) = get_offset(smaller_than, streamer);
+        self.offset_to = offset_before;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_stream(self) -> StreamDictionaryStreamer<'a, V> {
+        let data: &[u8] = &self.stream_dictionary.stream_data.as_slice()[..];
+        let origin = data.as_ptr() as usize;
+        let start = self.offset_from - origin;
+        let stop = max(self.offset_to - origin, start);
+        StreamDictionaryStreamer {
+            cursor: &data[start..stop],
+            current_key: self.current_key,
+            current_value: V::default(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct StreamDictionaryStreamer<'a, V: BinarySerializable> {
+    cursor: &'a [u8],
+    current_key: Vec<u8>,
+    current_value: V,
+}
+
+impl<'a, V: BinarySerializable> StreamDictionaryStreamer<'a, V> {
+    
+    pub fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(&[u8], &V)> {
+        if self.cursor.len() == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let common_length: usize = VInt::deserialize(&mut self.cursor).unwrap().0 as usize;
+        let new_length: usize = common_length + VInt::deserialize(&mut self.cursor).unwrap().0 as usize;
+        self.current_key.reserve(new_length);
+        unsafe {
+            self.current_key.set_len(new_length);
+        }
+        self.cursor.read_exact(&mut self.current_key[common_length..new_length]).unwrap();
+        self.current_value = V::deserialize(&mut self.cursor).unwrap();
+        Some((&self.current_key, &self.current_value))
+    }
+
+
+    pub fn key(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.current_key
+    }
+
+    pub fn value(&self) -> &V {
+        &self.current_value
+    }
+}