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package jdk.internal.joptsimple;

import java.util.Map;

/**

 * <p>Represents objects charged with taking a set of option descriptions and producing some help text from them.</p>

 *

 * @author <a href="mailto:pholser@alumni.rice.edu">Paul Holser</a>

 */

public interface HelpFormatter {

    /**

     * Produces help text, given a set of option descriptors.

     *

     * @param options descriptors for the configured options of a parser

     * @return text to be used as help

     * @see OptionParser#printHelpOn(java.io.Writer)

     * @see OptionParser#formatHelpWith(HelpFormatter)

     */

    String format( Map<String, ? extends OptionDescriptor> options );

}