Module java.prefs

# Package java.util.prefs

This package allows applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data.

See: Description

Interface Summary
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
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
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

This package allows applications to store and retrieve user and system preference and configuration data. This data is stored persistently in an implementation-dependent backing store. There are two separate trees of preference nodes, one for user preferences and one for system preferences.

Since:
  1.4