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Package java.util.prefs

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

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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:
JDK1.4
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