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e419. Exporting the Preferences in a Preference Node

This example demonstrates how to export the preferences in a preference node to a file. The exported values can be imported using Preferences.importPreferences() (see e418 Importing Preferences). The format of the exported data is XML.

The exported data contains the path of the node that was exported. When the data is later imported, the preferences will be added to the node with exactly the same path.

    // Retrieve the user preference node for the package java.lang
    Preferences prefs = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(String.class);
    
    // Save some values
    prefs.put("myString", "a string");        // String
    prefs.putBoolean("myBoolean", true);      // boolean
    prefs.putInt("myInt", 123);               // int
    prefs.putLong("myLong", 123L);            // long
    prefs.putFloat("myFloat", 12.3F);         // float
    prefs.putDouble("myDouble", 12.3);        // double
    byte[] bytes = new byte[10];
    prefs.putByteArray("myByteArray", bytes); // byte[]
    
    try {
        // Export the node to a file
        prefs.exportNode(new FileOutputStream("output.xml"));
    } catch (IOException e) {
    } catch (BackingStoreException e) {
    }
The code above generates the following XML data:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    
    <!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd'>
    
    <preferences EXTERNAL_XML_VERSION="1.0">
      <root type="user">
        <map />
        <node name="java">
          <map />
          <node name="lang">
            <map>
              <entry key="myString" value="a string" />
              <entry key="myBoolean" value="true" />
              <entry key="myInt" value="123" />
              <entry key="myLong" value="123" />
              <entry key="myFloat" value="12.3" />
              <entry key="myDouble" value="12.3" />
              <entry key="myByteArray" value="AAAAAAAAAAAAAA==" />
            </map>
          </node>
        </node>
      </root>
    </preferences>

 Related Examples
e418. Importing Preferences
e420. Exporting the Preferences in a Subtree of Preference Nodes

See also: Events    Nodes   


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