From c96bcb7bce50916fac282bd66bdab1697c24eb1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "samskivert@gmail.com"
 <samskivert@gmail.com@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:45:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a brevifying factory method:
 ExpiringReference<OMGLongName> ref = ExpiringReference.create(foo, 1000);

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2270 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 src/java/com/samskivert/util/ExpiringReference.java | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ExpiringReference.java b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ExpiringReference.java
index 98060d84..79c30162 100644
--- a/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ExpiringReference.java
+++ b/src/java/com/samskivert/util/ExpiringReference.java
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ package com.samskivert.util;
  */
 public class ExpiringReference<T>
 {
+    /**
+     * Creates an expiring reference with the supplied value and expiration time.
+     */
+    public static <T> ExpiringReference<T> create (T value, long expireMillis)
+    {
+        return new ExpiringReference<T>(value, expireMillis);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the value from an expiring reference but returns null if the supplied reference
      * reference is null.