code: static void setPartnerLevel(Comparable level) {
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.entry(tc, "setPartnerLevel", level);
      partnerLevel.set(level);
      if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) SibTr.exit(tc, "setPartnerLevel");
    }
docs: /*
  Set the 'protocol version' of the connection partner for any current encode
  on this thread. The value is a Comparable, which is actually an instance
  of com.ibm.ws.sib.comms.ProtocolVersion.
  
  This method has package access as it is called by JsMessageObject