protected Priority() 
{
      level = DEBUG_INT;
      levelStr = "DEBUG";
      syslogEquivalent = 7;
}

Default constructor for deserialization.

 protected Priority(int level,
    String levelStr,
    int syslogEquivalent) 
{
    this.level = level;
    this.levelStr = levelStr;
    this.syslogEquivalent = syslogEquivalent;
}

Instantiate a level object.

 public boolean equals(Object o) 
{
    if(o instanceof Priority) {
      Priority r = (Priority) o;
      return (this.level == r.level);
    } else {
      return false;
    }
}

Two priorities are equal if their level fields are equal.

 public static Priority[] getAllPossiblePriorities() 
{
    return new Priority[] {Priority.FATAL, Priority.ERROR, Level.WARN, 
			   Priority.INFO, Priority.DEBUG};
}

Return all possible priorities as an array of Level objects in descending order.

 public final int getSyslogEquivalent() 
{
    return syslogEquivalent;
}

Return the syslog equivalent of this priority as an integer.

 public boolean isGreaterOrEqual(Priority r) 
{
    return level  >= r.level;
}

Returns true if this level has a higher or equal level than the level passed as argument, false otherwise.

You should think twice before overriding the default implementation of isGreaterOrEqual method.

 public final int toInt() 
{
    return level;
}

Returns the integer representation of this level.

 public static Priority toPriority(String sArg) 
{
    return Level.toLevel(sArg);
}

 public static Priority toPriority(int val) 
{
    return toPriority(val, Priority.DEBUG);
}

 public static Priority toPriority(int val,
    Priority defaultPriority) 
{
    return Level.toLevel(val, (Level) defaultPriority);
}

 public static Priority toPriority(String sArg,
    Priority defaultPriority) 
{
                  
    return Level.toLevel(sArg, (Level) defaultPriority);
}

 public final String toString() 
{
    return levelStr;
}

Returns the string representation of this priority.