Re: Avoiding INI files

From	"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.help
Subject	Re: Avoiding INI files
Date	2011-11-26 17:16 -0500
Organization	The Wasteland
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<298e6a94-f997-41fb-aba4-dd62b63dbe1b@r9g2000vbw.googlegroups.com>,
 Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 26, 12:00 pm, markspace <-@.> wrote:
> > On 11/26/2011 8:17 AM, Davej wrote:
> > > On Nov 25, 1:22 pm, Lew<lewbl...@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > >> Davej wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Is the Windows registry the only option?
> > >>>
> > >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62289/
> >
> > >> The only option for what?
> >
> > > See the subject line -- avoiding .ini files.
> >
> > I'm still confused.  What does the windows registery have to do 
> > with ini files?
> 
> The windows registry is the official replacement for ini files, but I 
> don't like the idea of potentially corrupting the registry for a 
> trivial little program.

As noted in the article cited [1], java.util.prefs.Preferences [2] uses 
the registry on Windows, but it's fairly well behaved and admirably 
cross-platform. By confining one's activity to Preferences.userRoot() 
or Preferences.userNodeForPackage(), you can minimize the risk of 
corruption. This game [3] is a related example.

[1] <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/62289/>
[2] <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/prefs/Preferences.html>
[3] <http://robotchase.sourceforge.net/>

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Avoiding INI files Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-25 10:07 -0800
  Re: Avoiding INI files Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-25 11:22 -0800
    Re: Avoiding INI files Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-26 08:17 -0800
      Re: Avoiding INI files markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-26 10:00 -0800
        Re: Avoiding INI files Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-26 11:18 -0800
          Re: Avoiding INI files "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-11-26 17:16 -0500
      Re: Avoiding INI files Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-26 11:19 -0800
        Re: Avoiding INI files Davej <galt_57@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-26 15:31 -0800
          Re: Avoiding INI files markspace <-@.> - 2011-11-27 04:55 -0800
            Re: Avoiding INI files Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-11-29 12:33 +0100
              Re: Avoiding INI files Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-11-29 05:02 -0800
                Re: Avoiding INI files Mayeul <mayeul.marguet@free.fr> - 2011-11-29 14:17 +0100
                Re: Avoiding INI files "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-11-29 11:09 -0500
  Re: Avoiding INI files Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-25 14:21 -0800

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