AbsSetting

def helpDescription : String

def isDefault : Boolean

def name : String

def tryToSet (args: List[String]): Option[ResultOfTryToSet]

After correct Setting has been selected, tryToSet is called with the remainder of the command line.

def unparse : List[String]

def value : T

def withAbbreviation (name: String): AbsSetting.this.type

In mutable Settings, these return the same object with a var set.

def withDeprecationMessage (msg: String): AbsSetting.this.type

def withHelpSyntax (help: String): AbsSetting.this.type

def != (arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def != (arg0: Any): Boolean

def ## (): Int

def < (that: Setting): Boolean

def <= (that: Setting): Boolean

def == (arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def == (arg0: Any): Boolean

def > (that: Setting): Boolean

def >= (that: Setting): Boolean

def abbreviations : List[String]

def asInstanceOf [T0] : T0

def choices : List[String]

def clone (): AnyRef

def compare (that: Setting): Int

def compareTo (that: Setting): Int

def dependencies : List[(Setting, String)]

def deprecationMessage : Option[String]

def eq (arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def equals (that: Any): Boolean

Equality tries to sidestep all the drama and define it simply and in one place: two AbsSetting objects are equal if their names and values compare equal.

def errorAndValue [T] (msg: String, x: T): T

Issue error and return

def finalize (): Unit

def getClass (): java.lang.Class[_]

def hashCode (): Int

def helpSyntax : String

def internalOnly (): AbsSetting.this.type

def isAdvanced : Boolean

These categorizations are so the help output shows -X and -P among the standard options and -Y among the advanced options.

def isDeprecated : Boolean

def isForDebug : Boolean

def isInstanceOf [T0] : Boolean

def isInternalOnly : Boolean

def isPrivate : Boolean

def isStandard : Boolean

def ne (arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def notify (): Unit

def notifyAll (): Unit

def respondsTo (label: String): Boolean

def shouldStopProcessing : Boolean

def stopProcessing (): AbsSetting.this.type

def synchronized [T0] (arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

def toString (): String

def tryToSetColon (args: List[String]): Option[ResultOfTryToSet]

Commands which can take lists of arguments in form -Xfoo:bar,baz override this method and accept them as a list.

def tryToSetFromPropertyValue (s: String): Unit

Attempt to set from a properties file style property value.

def wait (): Unit

def wait (arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

def wait (arg0: Long): Unit