for start and stop monitoring command, handle recursion parameter as a bitwise flag: &2 to propagate command to sub-platforms; &1 to propagate command to instruments
add test_resource_monitoring_recursion_parameter to exercise the possible values for the recursion parameter in resource monitoring
Merge pull request #2209 from carueda/platform_agent_propagate_streaming_cmd

Platform agent: propagate streaming cmd to sub-platforms and/or insteumentss according to recursion parameter