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+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Command\Instance;
+
+use Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Command\Common\ToggleFeature;
+
+/**
+ * Enable/disable active host checks on an Icinga instance
+ */
+class ToggleActiveHostChecks extends ToggleFeature
+{
+    /**
+     * (non-PHPDoc)
+     * @see \Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Command\IcingaCommand::getCommandString() For the method documentation.
+     */
+    public function getCommandString()
+    {
+        return $this->enable === true ? 'START_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS' : 'STOP_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS';
+    }
+}