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package javax.time;

/**
 * An instantaneous point on the time-line.
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 */
public final class Instant {

    /**
     * The number of seconds from the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.
     */
    private final long seconds;
    /**
     * The number of nanoseconds, later along the time-line, from the seconds field.
     * This is always positive, and never exceeds 999,999,999.
     */
    private final int nanos;

    /**
     * Factory method to create an instance of Instant using seconds from the
     * epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z and nanosecond fraction of second.
     *
     * @param seconds  the number of seconds from the epoch
     * @param nanos  the nanoseconds within the second, must be positive
     * @return the created Instant
     */
    public Instant instant(final long seconds, final int nanos) {
        return new Instant(seconds, nanos);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an instance of Instant using seconds from the epoch of
     * 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z and nanosecond fraction of second.
     *
     * @param seconds  the number of seconds from the epoch
     * @param nanos  the nanoseconds within the second, must be positive
     */
    private Instant(final long seconds, final int nanos) {
        super();
        this.seconds = seconds;
        this.nanos = nanos;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the number of seconds from the epoch.
     * Points in time after the epoch are positive, earlier are negative.
     *
     * @return the seconds from the epoch
     */
    public long getSeconds() {
        return seconds;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the number of nanoseconds, later along the time-line, from the start
     * of the second returned by {@link #getSeconds()}.
     *
     * @return the nanoseconds within the second, always positive, never exceeds 999,999,999
     */
    public int getNanos() {
        return nanos;
    }

}

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  public 
+static 
 Instant 

Fix factory method to be static