1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLTextNode.h b/Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLTextNode.h
index 5f870ba..c1d13ef 100644
--- a/Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLTextNode.h
+++ b/Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLTextNode.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 namespace Swift {
 	class XMLTextNode : public XMLNode {
 		public:
+			typedef boost::shared_ptr<XMLTextNode> ref;
+
 			XMLTextNode(const String& text) : text_(text) {
 				text_.replaceAll('&', "&amp;"); // Should come first
 				text_.replaceAll('<', "&lt;");
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ namespace Swift {
 				return text_;
 			}
 
+			static ref create(const String& text) {
+				return ref(new XMLTextNode(text));
+			}
+
 		private:
 			String text_;
 	};