public Exit getExit(final Integer dbref, final Room room) {

		// look through the present room's exits first
		for (final Exit e : room.getExits()) {
			if (e.getDBRef() == dbref) {
				return e;
			}
		}

		// look through all the exits (would be great if this could ignore
		// previously searched exits
		// perhaps by dbref (since that's much shorter than holding object
		// references, etc
		return objectDB.getExit(dbref);
	}