Implemented variable arities.

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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/IVariableArity.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/IVariableArity.java
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+package com.beust.jcommander;
+
+/**
+ * Must be implemented by argument classes that contain at least one
+ * @Parameter with "variableArity = true".
+ */
+public interface IVariableArity {
+
+  /**
+   * @param optionName the name of the option to process.
+   * @param options the entire list of options.
+   *
+   * @return how many options were processed.
+   */
+  int processVariableArity(String optionName, String[] options);
+}