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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+
+package javax.xml.ws;
+
+
+/**
+ * A WebServiceFeature is used to represent a feature that can be
+ * enabled or disabled for a web service.
+ * <p>
+ * The JAX-WS specification will define some standard features and
+ * JAX-WS implementors are free to define additional features if
+ * necessary.  Vendor specific features may not be portable so
+ * caution should be used when using them. Each Feature definition
+ * MUST define a <code>public static final String ID</code>
+ * that can be used in the Feature annotation to refer
+ * to the feature. This ID MUST be unique across all features
+ * of all vendors.  When defining a vendor specific feature ID,
+ * use a vendor specific namespace in the ID string.
+ *
+ * @see javax.xml.ws.RespectBindingFeature
+ * @see javax.xml.ws.soap.AddressingFeature
+ * @see javax.xml.ws.soap.MTOMFeature
+ *
+ * @since 1.6, JAX-WS 2.1
+ */
+public abstract class WebServiceFeature {
+   /**
+    * Each Feature definition MUST define a public static final
+    * String ID that can be used in the Feature annotation to refer
+    * to the feature.
+    */
+   // public static final String ID = "some unique feature Identifier";
+
+   /**
+    * Get the unique identifier for this WebServiceFeature.
+    *
+    * @return the unique identifier for this feature.
+    */
+   public abstract String getID();
+
+   /**
+    * Specifies if the feature is enabled or disabled
+    */
+   protected boolean enabled = false;
+
+
+   protected WebServiceFeature(){}
+
+
+   /**
+    * Returns <code>true</code> if this feature is enabled.
+    *
+    * @return <code>true</code> if and only if the feature is enabled .
+    */
+   public boolean isEnabled() {
+       return enabled;
+   }
+}