Need better java api for embedding kafkaserver in a java container app

We embed the KafkaServer inside a java service container framework, which makes it easy to deploy and monitor within our infrastructure. When upgrading to kafka 0.8 from 0.7.2, I ran into an issue with not being able to pass the needed constructor arg (SystemTime), since there doesn't appear to be an easy way to instantiate that from java. So, I ended up with this janky solution using SystemTime$.MODULE$.

Could a default constructor be added which assumes a default SystemTime, rather than requiring that here?

Note, I need to construct a KafkaServer directly, since I need to manage the lifecycle more directly than can be done with KafkaServerStartable.

      // Need to do janky scala MODULE$ dereferencing, in order to get a default value in ctor
      server = new kafka.server.KafkaServer(kafkaConfig, SystemTime$.MODULE$);
      server.startup();