From 3264417f15e2ddd3685dd174fed68aaf11ec541d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Caini <michele.caini@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:39:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added Loop::create overload to allow using external resources
 (close #157)

---
 src/uvw/loop.hpp | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/uvw/loop.hpp b/src/uvw/loop.hpp
index d174a393..da75f75c 100644
--- a/src/uvw/loop.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw/loop.hpp
@@ -169,6 +169,21 @@ public:
         return loop;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Initializes a new Loop instance from an existing resource.
+     *
+     * The lifetime of the resource must exceed that of the instance to which
+     * it's associated. Management of the memory associated with the resource is
+     * in charge of the user.
+     *
+     * @param loop A valid pointer to a correctly initialized resource.
+     * @return A pointer to the newly created loop.
+     */
+    static std::shared_ptr<Loop> create(uv_loop_t *loop) {
+        auto ptr = std::unique_ptr<uv_loop_t, Deleter>{loop, [](uv_loop_t *){}};
+        return std::shared_ptr<Loop>{new Loop{std::move(ptr)}};
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Gets the initialized default loop.
      *