if (shutdownMechanism != null) {
            dep.setShutdownMechanism(shutdownMechanism);
        }
        if (newPropagationTargetURI != null) {
            final PostShutdown_Type postTask = new PostShutdown_Type();
            postTask.setRootPartitionUnpropagationTarget(
                                            newPropagationTargetURI);
            dep.setPostShutdown(postTask);
        }
        return dep;