Preferences
Class Preferences
- java.lang.Object
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- java.util.prefs.Preferences
- Direct Known Subclasses:
- AbstractPreferences
public abstract class Preferences extends Object
A node in a hierarchical collection of preference data. This class allows applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data. This data is stored persistently in an implementation-dependent backing store. Typical implementations include flat files, OS-specific registries, directory servers and SQL databases. The user of this class needn't be concerned with details of the backing store.
There are two separate trees of preference nodes, one for user preferences and one for system
