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25:
26: package javax.tools;
27:
28: /**
29: * Interface for recognizing options.
30: *
31: * @author Peter von der Ahé
32: * @since 1.6
33: */
34: public interface OptionChecker {
35:
36: /**
37: * Determines if the given option is supported and if so, the
38: * number of arguments the option takes.
39: *
40: * @param option an option
41: * @return the number of arguments the given option takes or -1 if
42: * the option is not supported
43: */
44: int isSupportedOption(String option);
45:
46: }
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