Package java.util.prefs

• Interface Summary 

  Interface	Description
  NodeChangeListener	A listener for receiving preference node change events.
  PreferenceChangeListener	A listener for receiving preference change events.
  PreferencesFactory	A factory object that generates Preferences objects.

• Class Summary 

  Class	Description
  AbstractPreferences	This class provides a skeletal implementation of the Preferences class, greatly easing the task of implementing it.
  NodeChangeEvent	An event emitted by a Preferences node to indicate that a child of that node has been added or removed.
  PreferenceChangeEvent	An event emitted by a Preferences node to indicate that a preference has been added, removed or has had its value changed.
  Preferences	A node in a hierarchical collection of preference data.

• Exception Summary 

  Exception	Description
  BackingStoreException	Thrown to indicate that a preferences operation could not complete because of a failure in the backing store, or a failure to contact the backing store.
  InvalidPreferencesFormatException	Thrown to indicate that an operation could not complete because the input did not conform to the appropriate XML document type for a collection of preferences, as per the Preferences specification.

Package java.util.prefs Description

Since:

JDK1.4