def hasOption(self, name):
    """
    Check whether this CLI has an option with a given name.

    :param name: the name of the option to check; can be short or long name.
    :return: true if an option exists in the UI for the given name
    """
    name = name.strip()
    for o in self.options:
      if o.short == name or o.long == name:
        return True
    return False