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<pre>public class <span class="typeNameLabel">Option</span>
extends <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>
implements <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Cloneable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Cloneable</a>, <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</a></pre>
<div class="block">Describes a single command-line option. It maintains
information regarding the short-name of the option, the long-name,
if any exists, a flag indicating if an argument is required for
this option, and a self-documenting description of the option.
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An Option is not created independently, but is created through
an instance of <a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Options.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.cli"><code>Options</code></a>. An Option is required to have
at least a short or a long-name.
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<b>Note:</b> once an <a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.cli"><code>Option</code></a> has been added to an instance
of <a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Options.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.cli"><code>Options</code></a>, it's required flag may not be changed anymore.</div>
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Version:</span></dt>
<dd>$Id: Option.java 1756753 2016-08-18 10:18:43Z britter $</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Options.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.cli"><code>Options</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/CommandLine.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.cli"><code>CommandLine</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../serialized-form.html#org.apache.commons.cli.Option">Serialized Form</a></dd>
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and in 1.1 rather than throwing a CloneNotSupportedException it throws
a RuntimeException so as to maintain backwards compat at the API level.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getArgName--">getArgName</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Gets the display name for the argument value.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getArgs--">getArgs</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the number of argument values this Option can take.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getDescription--">getDescription</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Retrieve the self-documenting description of this Option</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getId--">getId</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the id of this Option.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getLongOpt--">getLongOpt</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Retrieve the long name of this Option.</div>
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<div class="block">Retrieve the name of this Option.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getType--">getType</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Retrieve the type of this Option.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#getValue--">getValue</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Returns the specified value of this Option or
<code>null</code> if there is no value.</div>
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<div class="block">Returns the specified value of this Option or
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#hasArg--">hasArg</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">Query to see if this Option requires an argument</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/apache/commons/cli/Option.html#hasArgName--">hasArgName</a></span>()</code>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<div class="block">Query to see if this Option can take many values.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<div class="block">Query to see if this Option has a long name</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<div class="block">Return whether this Option has specified a value separator.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
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<div class="block">Query to see if this Option is mandatory</div>
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<dd><code>description</code> - describes the function of the option</dd>
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<dd><code>description</code> - describes the function of the option</dd>
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<dd><code>hasArg</code> - specifies whether the Option takes an argument or not</dd>
<dd><code>description</code> - describes the function of the option</dd>
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<dd><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</a></code> - if there are any non valid
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