public function getParam($name)
    {
        if (!$this->parsed) {
            $this->parseParams();
        } //if

        $longName = strlen($name) === 1 ? $this->definitions->getLongName($name) : $name;
        if (isset($this->params[$longName])) {
            return $this->params[$longName];
        } else {
            if ($this->definitions->allowsValue($longName)) {
                return null;
            } else {
                return false;
            } //if
        } //if

    }