src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/utils/XMLSecurityPropertyManager.java

@@ -89,10 +89,23 @@
         }
         //read system properties or jaxp.properties
         readSystemProperties();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clone a XMLSecurityPropertyManager
+     * @param propertyManager the base XMLSecurityPropertyManager
+     */
+    public XMLSecurityPropertyManager(XMLSecurityPropertyManager propertyManager) {
+        values = new String[Property.values().length];
+        if (propertyManager != null) {
+            for (Property property : Property.values()) {
+                values[property.ordinal()] = propertyManager.getValue(property);
+                states[property.ordinal()] = propertyManager.getState(property);            
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Set limit by property name and state
      * @param propertyName property name
      * @param state the state of the property

@@ -186,10 +199,19 @@
             }
         }
         return -1;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the state of a property
+     * @param property
+     * @return return the state of the property 
+     */
+    public State getState(Property property) {
+        return states[property.ordinal()];
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Read from system properties, or those in jaxp.properties
      */
     private void readSystemProperties() {
         getSystemProperty(Property.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD,