1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/MarkerWordItem.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/MarkerWordItem.java
index 40ea1e37c47..48309cdd8fa 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/MarkerWordItem.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/MarkerWordItem.java
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ public class MarkerWordItem extends WordItem {
         this.markerWord = markerWord;
     }
 
+    private MarkerWordItem(String publicSymbol, String markerWord, String indexName, boolean isFromQuery, Substring origin) {
+        super(publicSymbol, indexName);
+        this.markerWord = markerWord;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns a new instance of this kind of WordItem, initialized with the given data and nothing else. */
+    public MarkerWordItem newInstance(String word, String indexName, boolean isFromQuery, Substring origin) {
+        return new MarkerWordItem(word, markerWord, indexName, isFromQuery, origin);
+    }
+
     public boolean isStartAnchor() { return getWord().equals(startAnchor); }
 
     public boolean isEndAnchor() { return getWord().equals(endAnchor); }