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/* PreferencesFactory - Preferences system and user root factory interface
Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Classpath.
GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
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along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA.
As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
package java.util.prefs;
import java.util.EventListener;
/**
* Preferences system and user root factory interface. Defines how to get
* to the system and user root preferences objects. Should be implemented by
* new preferences backends.
*
* @since 1.4
* @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
*/
public interface PreferencesFactory {
/**
* Returns the system root preferences node. Should always return the
* same object.
*/
Preferences systemRoot();
/**
* Returns the user root preferences node. May return different objects
* depending on the user that called this method. The user may for example
* be determined by the current Thread or the Subject associated with the
* current AccessControllContext.
*/
Preferences userRoot();
}
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