diff --git a/cpp/QrCode.cpp b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
index 5fda688..34b1dfc 100644
--- a/cpp/QrCode.cpp
+++ b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ QrCode QrCode::encodeSegments(const vector<QrSegment> &segs, const Ecc &ecl,
 	size_t dataCapacityBits = getNumDataCodewords(version, *newEcl) * 8;
 	BitBuffer bb;
 	for (const QrSegment &seg : segs) {
-		bb.appendBits(seg.mode.getModeBits(), 4);
-		bb.appendBits(seg.numChars, seg.mode.numCharCountBits(version));
-		bb.insert(bb.end(), seg.data.begin(), seg.data.end());
+		bb.appendBits(seg.getMode().getModeBits(), 4);
+		bb.appendBits(seg.getNumChars(), seg.getMode().numCharCountBits(version));
+		bb.insert(bb.end(), seg.getData().begin(), seg.getData().end());
 	}
 	
 	// Add terminator and pad up to a byte if applicable
diff --git a/cpp/QrSegment.cpp b/cpp/QrSegment.cpp
index 539f396..202e6c9 100644
--- a/cpp/QrSegment.cpp
+++ b/cpp/QrSegment.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,21 @@ bool QrSegment::isNumeric(const char *text) {
 }
 
 
+QrSegment::Mode QrSegment::getMode() const {
+	return mode;
+}
+
+
+int QrSegment::getNumChars() const {
+	return numChars;
+}
+
+
+const std::vector<bool> &QrSegment::getData() const {
+	return data;
+}
+
+
 const char *QrSegment::ALPHANUMERIC_CHARSET = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ $%*+-./:";
 
 }
diff --git a/cpp/QrSegment.hpp b/cpp/QrSegment.hpp
index 2ce2fc2..a19c53f 100644
--- a/cpp/QrSegment.hpp
+++ b/cpp/QrSegment.hpp
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ class QrSegment final {
 	/*---- Instance fields ----*/
 	
 	/* The mode indicator for this segment. */
-	public: const Mode mode;
+	private: Mode mode;
 	
 	/* The length of this segment's unencoded data, measured in characters. Always zero or positive. */
-	public: const int numChars;
+	private: int numChars;
 	
 	/* The data bits of this segment. */
-	public: const std::vector<bool> data;
+	private: std::vector<bool> data;
 	
 	
 	/*---- Constructor ----*/
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ class QrSegment final {
 	public: QrSegment(const Mode &md, int numCh, std::vector<bool> &&dt);
 	
 	
+	/*---- Methods ----*/
+	
+	public: Mode getMode() const;
+	
+	
+	public: int getNumChars() const;
+	
+	
+	public: const std::vector<bool> &getData() const;
+	
+	
 	// Package-private helper function.
 	public: static int getTotalBits(const std::vector<QrSegment> &segs, int version);