1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gsxws/core.py b/gsxws/core.py
index eaf241d..b3c0d8b 100644
--- a/gsxws/core.py
+++ b/gsxws/core.py
@@ -392,6 +392,12 @@ class GsxObject(object):
 
         return root
 
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return ET.tostring(self.to_xml('root'), encoding='UTF-8')
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return unicode(self).encode('utf-8')
+
 
 class GsxRequestObject(GsxObject):
     "The GSX-friendly representation of this GsxObject"