diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
index a5419690..1307d0e0 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ArrayUtil.java
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ public class ArrayUtil
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Looks for an element that is equal to the supplied value and returns its index in the array.
+     *
+     * @return the index of the first matching value if one was found, 1 otherwise.
+     */
+    public static int indexOf (int[] values, int value)
+    {
+        int count = (values == null) ? 0 : values.length;
+        for (int ii = 0; ii < count; ii++) {
+            if (values[ii] == value) {
+                return ii;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Looks for an element that is equal to the supplied value and returns its index in the array.
      *
diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
index 48f14377..0c3ddd1b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/IntListUtil.java
@@ -175,13 +175,7 @@ public class IntListUtil
      */
     public static boolean contains (int[] list, int value)
     {
-        int llength = list.length; // no optimizing bastards
-        for (int i = 0; i < llength; i++) {
-            if (list[i] == value) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        return (-1 != indexOf(list, value));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -195,13 +189,7 @@ public class IntListUtil
      */
     public static int indexOf (int[] list, int value)
     {
-        int llength = list.length; // no optimizing bastards
-        for (int i = 0; i < llength; i++) {
-            if (list[i] == value) {
-                return i;
-            }
-        }
-        return -1;
+        return ArrayUtil.indexOf(list, value);
     }
 
     /**