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package org.apache.ws.secpolicy.model;

import org.apache.neethi.Assertion;
import org.apache.neethi.Constants;
import org.apache.neethi.PolicyComponent;

public abstract class AbstractSecurityAssertion implements Assertion {

    private boolean isOptional;
    
    private boolean normalized = false;

    public boolean isOptional() {
        return isOptional;
    }
    
    public void setOptional(boolean isOptional) {
        this.isOptional = isOptional;
    }

    public short getType() {
        return Constants.TYPE_ASSERTION;
    }    
    
    public boolean equal(PolicyComponent policyComponent) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
    
    public void setNormalized(boolean normalized) {
        this.normalized = normalized;
    }
    
    public boolean isNormalized() {
        return true;
    }

    public PolicyComponent normalize() {
        
        /*
         * TODO: Handling the isOptional:TRUE case
         */
        return this;
    }    
}