1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/SearchInvoker.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/SearchInvoker.java
index 0d7ef53bb50..1650494db3a 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/SearchInvoker.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/dispatch/SearchInvoker.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.yahoo.fs4.QueryPacket;
 import com.yahoo.search.Query;
 import com.yahoo.search.Result;
 import com.yahoo.search.dispatch.searchcluster.Node;
+import com.yahoo.search.result.Coverage;
+import com.yahoo.search.result.ErrorMessage;
 import com.yahoo.search.searchchain.Execution;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -53,4 +55,13 @@ public abstract class SearchInvoker extends CloseableInvoker {
     protected Optional<Integer> distributionKey() {
         return node.map(Node::key);
     }
+
+    protected Result errorResult(Query query, ErrorMessage errorMessage) {
+        Result error = new Result(query, errorMessage);
+        Coverage errorCoverage = new Coverage(0, 0, 0);
+        errorCoverage.setNodesTried(1);
+        error.setCoverage(errorCoverage);
+        return error;
+    }
+
 }