From 3adff8c183f176744f01cf6c7164ba33abd8488d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@jlab.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 19:19:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add convenience method

---
 .../src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java     | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
index b354151844..5ffcac4963 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
@@ -53,4 +53,8 @@ public boolean parse(List<String> arguments){
         arguments.remove(index);
         return true;
     }
+
+    public boolean isDefault() {
+        return this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);
+    }
 }