/**
  * Check whether the message level is below the appender's threshold. 
  *
  *
  * If there is no threshold set, then the return value is always <i>true</i>.
  * @param Ideasa_Log4php_LoggerLevel $level
  * @return boolean true if priority is greater or equal than threshold	
  */
 public function isAsSevereAsThreshold($level)
 {
     if ($this->threshold === null) {
         return true;
     }
     return $level->isGreaterOrEqual($this->getThreshold());
 }