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  package org.apache.cxf.ws.security.policy.model;
  
  import org.apache.cxf.ws.security.policy.SPConstants;
  import org.apache.neethi.Assertion;
  import org.apache.neethi.PolicyComponent;
  
  public abstract class AbstractSecurityAssertion implements Assertion {
      protected final SPConstants constants;
  
      private boolean isOptional;
      private boolean ignorable;
      private boolean normalized;
  
      public AbstractSecurityAssertion(SPConstants version) {
          constants = version;
      }
      public final SPConstants getSPConstants() {
          return constants;
      }
  
      public boolean isOptional() {
          return isOptional;
      }
  
      public void setOptional(boolean optional) {
          this.isOptional = optional;
      }
      public boolean isIgnorable() {
          return ignorable;
      }
  
      public void setIgnorable(boolean ignorable) {
          this.ignorable = ignorable;
      }
  
      public short getType() {
          return org.apache.neethi.Constants.TYPE_ASSERTION;
      }
  
      public boolean equal(PolicyComponent policyComponent) {
          return policyComponent == this;
      }
  
      public void setNormalized(boolean normalized) {
          this.normalized = normalized;
      }
  
      public boolean isNormalized() {
          return normalized;
      }
  
      public PolicyComponent normalize() {
          return this;
      }
  
  }
  