HeritableMarking.java

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package org.mitre.provenance.plusobject.marking;

import org.mitre.provenance.plusobject.PLUSObject;

/**
 * A kind of marking that can be inherited down the lineage tree.  E.g. in the lineage DAG
 * A -> B -> C, if A has a particular heritable marking, then B and C can be considered to have
 * the same marking.
 * @author moxious
 */
public abstract class HeritableMarking extends Marking {	
	public HeritableMarking() { 
		super();
		setName("HeritableMarking"); 
		setObjectType(PLUSObject.PLUS_TYPE_HERITABLE); 
		setObjectSubtype(PLUSObject.PLUS_TYPE_HERITABLE);
	} // End HeritableMarking
	
	public boolean isHeritable() { return true; }
} // End HeritableMarking