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Re: Avoiding INI files

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In article <5tudnXy8uKB0SknTnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@earthlink.com>,
 Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> wrote:

> On 11/29/2011 3:33 AM, Mayeul wrote:
> > On 27/11/2011 13:55, markspace wrote:
> >> On 11/26/2011 3:31 PM, Davej wrote:
> >>
> >>> I thought I was being concise by not repeating myself, and I 
> >>> thought the general purpose of *.ini files was pretty well 
> >>> understood by everyone. I just want to save a few user settings: 
> >>> a few booleans and a few strings. I am nervous about the idea of 
> >>> writing to the registry.
> >>
> >>
> >> As mentioned, Java Preferences seem to be the answer you are 
> >> looking for. Java doesn't particularly use ini files. I don't know 
> >> why you keep bringing them up.
> >
> > I suppose "ini files" are to be read as "the well-known canonical 
> > way to store persistent application data." Which I do not wish to.
> 
> As I understand the question, you want to store persistent 
> application data without using any well-known canonical way to store 
> persistent application data.
> 
> If that is not the question, perhaps you could clarify it.
> 
> If it is the question, in what way, other than not being a well-known 
> canonical solution, would an acceptable solution be different?

A somewhat less well-known but canonical way to store persistent 
application data might use javax.jnlp.PersistenceService in the context 
of Java Web Start. Examples may be found here:

<http://pscode.org/jws/api.html#ps>
<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/javaws/developersguide/examples.html#PrintService>

I don't know where typical implementations actually store the data, but 
the Java Web Start cache seems likely.

-- 
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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