OptionChecker (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.tools.OptionChecker interface
Date: 2020-03-26

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## Interface OptionChecker

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    DocumentationTool, JavaCompiler, JavaFileManager, StandardJavaFileManager
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    ForwardingJavaFileManager

      public interface OptionChecker

  Interface for recognizing options.
  Since:
    1.6

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `int` | `isSupportedOption(String option)` Determines if the given option is supported and if so, the number of arguments the option takes.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### isSupportedOption

          int isSupportedOption(String option)

      Determines if the given option is supported and if so, the number of arguments the option takes.
      Parameters:
        `option` - an option
      Returns:
        the number of arguments the given option takes or -1 if the option is not supported

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