code: public static TickRange newValueTick(
      long tick,
      Object value,
      long itemStreamIndex)
    {
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled())
        SibTr.entry( tc, "newValueTick", new Object[] { Long.valueOf(tick),
                                                        value,
                                                        Long.valueOf(itemStreamIndex)});
  
      TickRange r = new TickRange(TickRange.Value, tick, tick);
      r.itemStreamIndex = itemStreamIndex;
      r.value = value;
      r.valuestamp = tick;
  
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled())
        SibTr.exit( tc, "newValueTick", r);
  
      return r;
    }
docs: Helper methods