Abstract base class.

Class attributes: standard_option_list : [Option] list of standard options that will be accepted by all instances of this parser class (intended to be overridden by subclasses).

Instance attributes: option_list : [Option] the list of Option objects contained by this OptionContainer _short_opt : { string : Option } dictionary mapping short option strings, eg. "-f" or "-X", to the Option instances that implement them. If an Option has multiple short option strings, it will appears in this dictionary multiple times. [1] _long_opt : { string : Option } dictionary mapping long option strings, eg. "--file" or "--exclude", to the Option instances that implement them. Again, a given Option can occur multiple times in this dictionary. [1] defaults : { string : any } dictionary mapping option destination names to default values for each destination [1]

[1] These mappings are common to (shared by) all components of the controlling OptionParser, where they are initially created.

__init__ (
        self,
        option_class,
        conflict_handler,
        description,
        )

_check_conflict ( self,  option )

_create_option_mappings ( self )

_share_option_mappings ( self,  parser )

add_option (
        self,
        *args,
        *kwargs,
        )

add_options ( self,  option_list )

format_description ( self,  formatter )

format_help ( self,  formatter )

format_option_help ( self,  formatter )

get_description ( self )

get_option ( self,  opt_str )

has_option ( self,  opt_str )

remove_option ( self,  opt_str )

set_conflict_handler ( self,  handler )

set_description ( self,  description )