Level.java

package com.scaleunlimited.cascading;

/**
 * Log levels that are used along with the slf4j API
 * 
 *
 */
public enum Level {

    SLF4J_TRACE ("TRACE"),
    SLF4J_DEBUG ("DEBUG"),
    SLF4J_INFO ("INFO"),
    SLF4J_WARN ("WARN"),
    SLF4J_ERROR ("ERROR");
    
    private final String _level;

    private Level(String name) {
        _level = name;
    }
    
    @Override
    /**
     * Return the String name of this enum constant.
     * Note that for this enum toString will return a different result than the name() method.
     */
    public String toString() {
        return _level;
    }
    
    /**
     * Return true if our level is at least as high (serious) as otherLevel
     * 
     * @param otherLevel
     * @return
     */
    public boolean isGreaterOrEqual(Level otherLevel) {
        return this.ordinal() >= otherLevel.ordinal();
    }

    /**
     * Return true if our level is lower than or equal to otherLevel
     * 
     * @param otherLevel
     * @return
     */
    public boolean isLesssOrEqual(Level otherLevel) {
        return this.ordinal() <= otherLevel.ordinal();
    }
}