Package org.mdiutil.prefs

This package contains an implementation of the java preferences classes, allowing to use these preferences in a network.

See: Description

Class Summary

Class	Description
FilePreferencesFactory	A simple factory object that generates network Preferences objects, backed in a simple File in the File System.
MemoryPreferences	This class provides an in memory implementation of the java.util.prefs.Preferences class.
MemoryPreferencesFactory	A factory object that generates "in memory" Preferences objects.
NetworkPreferences	This class provides a Network aware implementation of the java.util.prefs.Preferences class.
NetworkPreferencesFactory	A factory object that generates network Preferences objects.
PreferencesHelper	This class helps to put and get values to Preferences for Files, and String arrays, which are not direcly handled in the core java Preferences class.

Package org.mdiutil.prefs Description

This package contains an implementation of the java preferences classes, allowing to use these preferences in a network. These preferences have the following properties:

• the user preferences are serialized in an xml file, under a directory specific of the application
• the system preferences are serialized in an xml file

This ensures that the preferences will follow the "nomad" user.

FIXED : It was necessary to perfom a more thoroughly modification than expected in the package, because the java.util.prefs package does create "java" Preferences by default when an XML tree is imported, or nodes added, which result in the creation of a node in the default java backing store.

For example, in Windows, the backing store is the Windows registry, which is modified even if a custom PreferencesFactory is used.