plugins: test for option value checking and parsing

tests/plugins/options.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""This plugin is used to check that plugin options are parsed properly.
+
+The plugin offers 3 options, one of each supported type.
+"""
+from lightning import Plugin
+
+plugin = Plugin()
+
+
+@plugin.init()
+def init(configuration, options, plugin):
+    for name, val in options.items():
+        plugin.log("option {} {} {}".format(name, val, type(val)))
+
+
+plugin.add_option('str_opt', 'i am a string', 'an example string option')
+plugin.add_option('int_opt', 7, 'an example int type option', opt_type='int')
+plugin.add_option('bool_opt', True, 'an example bool type option', opt_type='bool')
+plugin.run()