Getting and Setting Java Type Values in a Preference : Preference « Development « Java Tutorial






import java.util.prefs.Preferences;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    Preferences prefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(Main.class);

    // Preference key name
    final String PREF_NAME = "name_of_preference";

    // Save
    prefs.put(PREF_NAME, "a string"); // String
    prefs.putBoolean(PREF_NAME, true); // boolean
    prefs.putInt(PREF_NAME, 123); // int
    prefs.putLong(PREF_NAME, 123L); // long
    prefs.putFloat(PREF_NAME, 12.3F); // float
    prefs.putDouble(PREF_NAME, 12.3); // double
    byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
    prefs.putByteArray(PREF_NAME, bytes); // byte[]

    // Retrieve
    String s = prefs.get(PREF_NAME, "a string"); // String
    boolean b = prefs.getBoolean(PREF_NAME, true); // boolean
    int i = prefs.getInt(PREF_NAME, 123); // int
    long l = prefs.getLong(PREF_NAME, 123L); // long
    float f = prefs.getFloat(PREF_NAME, 12.3F); // float
    double d = prefs.getDouble(PREF_NAME, 12.3); // double
    bytes = prefs.getByteArray(PREF_NAME, bytes); // byte[]
  }
}








6.36.Preference
6.36.1.Put key value pair to Preference
6.36.2.Get childrenNames from Preferences
6.36.3.Get keys from Preferences
6.36.4.Get name and parent from Preference
6.36.5.Get node from Preference
6.36.6.Get value from Preferences
6.36.7.Getting and Setting Java Type Values in a Preference
6.36.8.Getting the Maximum Size of a Preference Key and Value
6.36.9.Getting the Roots of the Preference Trees
6.36.10.Removing a Preference from a Preference Node
6.36.11.Export Preferences to XML file
6.36.12.Preference save and load
6.36.13.Preferences Inspector
6.36.14.Removing a Preference Node
6.36.15.Determining If a Preference Node Exists
6.36.16.Determining If a Preference Node Contains a Specific Key
6.36.17.Determining If a Preference Node Contains a Specific Value
6.36.18.Read / write data in Windows registry
6.36.19.Retrieving the Parent and Child Nodes of a Preference Node
6.36.20.Exporting the Preferences in a Preference Node
6.36.21.Exporting the Preferences in a Subtree of Preference Nodes
6.36.22.Listening for Changes to Preference Values in a Preference Node
6.36.23.Determining When a Preference Node Is Added or Removed
6.36.24.Get the desired look and feel from a per-user preference