public static boolean isGreaterThan(Number param, Number threshold) {
    try {
      int eval = compare(param, threshold);
      return eval > 0;
    } catch (VirtualMachineError err) {
      SystemFailure.initiateFailure(err);
      // If this ever returns, rethrow the error. We're poisoned
      // now, so don't let this thread continue.
      throw err;
    } catch (Throwable e) {
      // Whenever you catch Error or Throwable, you must also
      // catch VirtualMachineError (see above). However, there is
      // _still_ a possibility that you are dealing with a cascading
      // error condition, so you also need to check to see if the JVM
      // is still usable:
      SystemFailure.checkFailure();
      return false;
    }
  }
This method sets the name of this stat alert definition.

@param name name to be set for this StatAlertDefinition.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/admin/statalerts/BaseDecoratorImpl.java