--- old/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/utils/XMLSecurityPropertyManager.java	Fri Nov 15 11:27:42 2013
+++ new/src/com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/utils/XMLSecurityPropertyManager.java	Fri Nov 15 11:27:41 2013
@@ -91,6 +91,19 @@
         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
@@ -189,6 +202,15 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * 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() {