From eee86f6e7e148fae897a333ab0ca9b44584c264c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:00:31 -0500
Subject: Add static factory method to IHolder

This gives you an easy way to produce an IHolder, without having to
explicitly construct an instance of Identity
---
 src/main/java/bjc/data/IHolder.java | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/bjc/data/IHolder.java b/src/main/java/bjc/data/IHolder.java
index faa3f64..e0d39aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bjc/data/IHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bjc/data/IHolder.java
@@ -161,4 +161,17 @@ public interface IHolder<ContainedType> extends Functor<ContainedType> {
 	 */
 	public <UnwrappedType> UnwrappedType
 			unwrap(Function<ContainedType, UnwrappedType> unwrapper);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Create an instace of IHolder containing a single value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param <ElementType> The type of the value contained.
+	 * 
+	 * @param contained The value to contain.
+	 * 
+	 * @return An instance of IHolder containing that value.
+	 */
+	static <ElementType> IHolder<ElementType> of(ElementType contained) {
+		return new Identity<>(contained);
+	}
 }
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