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diff --git a/context/context-management/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/context/SchemaHelper.java b/context/context-management/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/context/SchemaHelper.java
index 44ec06c6d..b6d21a20d 100644
--- a/context/context-management/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/context/SchemaHelper.java
+++ b/context/context-management/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/apex/context/SchemaHelper.java
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ public interface SchemaHelper {
Object createNewInstance(Object incomingObject);
/**
+ * Create an object of a sub type of this object.
+ *
+ * @param subType the sub type definition of this type
+ * @return a new object of the sub type
+ */
+ Object createNewSubInstance(String subType);
+
+ /**
* Unmarshal an object in schema format into a Java object.
*
* @param object the object as a Java object