1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/searchchain/ExecutionFactory.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/searchchain/ExecutionFactory.java
index c619bf69e59..31b6d06f78e 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/searchchain/ExecutionFactory.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/searchchain/ExecutionFactory.java
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ public class ExecutionFactory extends AbstractComponent {
                              new Execution.Context(searchChainRegistry, indexFacts, specialTokens, rendererRegistry, linguistics));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new execution starting at a search chain.
+     * An execution instance should be used once to execute a (tree of) search chains.
+     */
+    public Execution newExecution(String searchChainId) {
+        return new Execution(searchChainRegistry().getChain(searchChainId),
+                             new Execution.Context(searchChainRegistry, indexFacts, specialTokens, rendererRegistry, linguistics));
+    }
+
     /** Returns the search chain registry used by this */
     public SearchChainRegistry searchChainRegistry() { return searchChainRegistry; }