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SPINE - Signal Processing In-Node Environment is a framework that 
allows dynamic on node configuration for feature extraction and a 
OtA protocol for the management for WSN

Copyright (C) 2007 Telecom Italia S.p.A. 
 
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This library is free software; you can redistribute
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/*****************************************************************
BSPAN - BlueTooth Sensor Processing for Android is a framework 
that extends the SPINE framework to work on Android and the 
Android Bluetooth communication services.

Copyright (C) 2011 The National Center for Telehealth and 
Technology

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package spine.datamodel.functions;

public abstract class SpineFunctionReq implements SpineObject {
	
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	protected boolean isActivationRequest;

	/**
	 * Sets the control flag of the request indicating if it's an activation or a deactivation.
	 * 
	 * NOTE: This method is for internal use only, and not supposed to be used by SPINE Applications.
	 * It's under consideration the possibility of excluding this method in future releases of SPINE.
	 * 
	 * @param isActivationRequest 'true' if the current request is of activation; 
	 * 'false' if it's a deactivation request 
	 */
	public void setActivationFlag(boolean isActivationRequest) {
		this.isActivationRequest = isActivationRequest;		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Getter method for the control flag of the request indicating if it's an activation or a deactivation.
	 * 
	 * NOTE: This method is for internal use only, and not supposed to be used by SPINE Applications.
	 * It's under consideration the possibility of excluding this method in future releases of SPINE.
	 */
	public boolean getActivationFlag() {
		boolean isActivationRequest;
		isActivationRequest=this.isActivationRequest;
		return isActivationRequest;
	}
	
}