How to Get Name and Parent from Preference

From Java Example Source Code

[edit] Overview - How to Get Name and Parent from Preference

This Java example program shows how to get name & parent information from Preferences.

[edit] Java Source Code

• Package: example.preferenceproperties
• File: PreferenceExample3.java

package example.preferenceproperties;
 
import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 
public class PreferenceExample3 {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
	Preferences prefsRoot = Preferences.userRoot();
	Preferences myPrefs = prefsRoot.node("PreferenceExample");
 
	myPrefs.put("A", "a");
	myPrefs.put("B", "b");
	myPrefs.put("C", "c");
 
	System.out.println("Node's name: " + myPrefs.name());
	System.out.println("Node's parent: " + myPrefs.parent());
	System.out.println("NODE: " + myPrefs);
 
    }
}

[edit] What Result You Can Get

Run the program, you will get:

Node's name: PreferenceExample
Node's parent: User Preference Node: /
NODE: User Preference Node: /PreferenceExample

[edit] Required External Libraries and/or Files for this Java Example

Need nothing.

[edit] How to Run this Java Example Program

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