public boolean isSubscriptionConfigurationRequired() {
        return subscriptionConfigurationRequired;
    }
Returns true if new subscriptions should be configured to be active. Inactive
subscriptions will not get event notifications. However, subscribers will be
notified when a node is deleted no matter the subscription status.

@return true if new subscriptions should be configured to be active.
xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/pubsub/Node.java