api/jar/src/main/java/javax/slee/facilities/Level.java
public boolean isHigherLevel(Level other) throws NullPointerException {
        if (other == null) throw new NullPointerException("other is null");

        return this.level < other.level;
    }
public boolean isHigherLevel(Level other) throws NullPointerException {
        if (other == null) throw new NullPointerException("other is null");

        return this.level < other.level;
    }
Determine if this Level object represents a level that is higher or more severe
that some other Level object.  For the purposes of the comparison OFF
is considered a higher level than SEVERE.
@param other the <code>Level</code> object to compare this with.
@return <code>true</code> if the level represented by this <code>Level</code>
object is a higher level than the level represented by the specified
<code>Level</code> object, <code>false</code> otherwise.
@throws NullPointerException if <code>other</code> is <code>null</code>.
@deprecated Trace and alarm levels now defined in {@link TraceLevel} and {@link AlarmLevel}.