private boolean checkPolicy(Notify notify, AssertionType assertion) {
    log.debug("In NhinHiemNotifyWebServiceProxy.checkPolicy");
    boolean policyIsValid = false;

    NotifyEventType policyCheckReq = new NotifyEventType();
    policyCheckReq.setDirection(NhincConstants.POLICYENGINE_OUTBOUND_DIRECTION);
    gov.hhs.fha.nhinc.common.eventcommon.NotifyMessageType request =
        new gov.hhs.fha.nhinc.common.eventcommon.NotifyMessageType();
    request.setAssertion(assertion);
    request.setNotify(notify);
    policyCheckReq.setMessage(request);

    PolicyEngineChecker policyChecker = new PolicyEngineChecker();
    CheckPolicyRequestType policyReq = policyChecker.checkPolicyNotify(policyCheckReq);
    policyReq.setAssertion(assertion);
    PolicyEngineProxyObjectFactory policyEngFactory = new PolicyEngineProxyObjectFactory();
    PolicyEngineProxy policyProxy = policyEngFactory.getPolicyEngineProxy();

    CheckPolicyResponseType policyResp = policyProxy.checkPolicy(policyReq, assertion);

    if (policyResp.getResponse() != null
        && NullChecker.isNotNullish(policyResp.getResponse().getResult())
        && policyResp.getResponse().getResult().get(0).getDecision() == DecisionType.PERMIT) {
      policyIsValid = true;
    }

    log.debug("Finished NhinHiemNotifyWebServiceProxy.checkPolicy - valid: " + policyIsValid);
    return policyIsValid;
  }
 /**
  * NO-OP implementation of the checkPolicy operation returns "Permit"
  *
  * @param checkPolicyRequest The xacml request to check defined policy
  * @return The xacml response which contains the access denied
  */
 public CheckPolicyResponseType checkPolicy(
     CheckPolicyRequestType checkPolicyRequest, AssertionType assertion) {
   log.debug("Begin AdapterPEPProxyNoOpImpl.checkPolicy");
   CheckPolicyResponseType policyResponse = new CheckPolicyResponseType();
   ResponseType response = new ResponseType();
   ResultType result = new ResultType();
   result.setDecision(DecisionType.PERMIT);
   response.getResult().add(result);
   policyResponse.setResponse(response);
   log.debug("End AdapterPEPProxyNoOpImpl.checkPolicy");
   return policyResponse;
 }