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package org.apache.log4j.spi;

import org.apache.log4j.Level;

/**
 * An interface that defines the required methods for supporting the
 * setting and getting of a level threshold.  Components should implement
 * this interface if logging events they process should meet a certain
 * threshold before being processed further.  Examples of this are
 * Appenders and Receivers which will not process logging events unless
 * the event level is at or greater than a set threshold level.
 *
 * @author Paul Smith (psmith@apache.org)
 * @author Mark Womack
 */
public interface Thresholdable {
    /**
     * Sets the component theshold to the given level.
     *
     * @param level The threshold level events must equal or be greater
     *              than before further processing can be done.
     */
    void setThreshold(Level level);

    /**
     * Gets the current threshold setting of the component.
     *
     * @return Level The current threshold level of the component.
     */
    Level getThreshold();

    /**
     * Returns true if the given level is equals or greater than the current
     * threshold value of the component.
     *
     * @param level The level to test against the component threshold.
     * @return boolean True if level is equal or greater than the
     *         component threshold.
     */
    boolean isAsSevereAsThreshold(Level level);
}