Package org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences

Provides core support for Eclipse preferences.

Package Specification

This package specifies API for defining and accessing preferences in the runtime.

Since:

3.0

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
IEclipsePreferences	This interface describes Eclipse extensions to the preference story.
IEclipsePreferences.INodeChangeListener	A listener to be used to receive preference node change events.
IEclipsePreferences.IPreferenceChangeListener	A listener used to receive changes to preference values in the preference store.
IExportedPreferences	Represents a node in the preference hierarchy which is used in the import/export mechanism.
IPreferenceFilter	Preference filters are used to describe the relationship between the preference tree and a data set when importing/exporting preferences.
IPreferenceMetadataStore	Provides metadata-based access to a preference store.
IPreferenceNodeVisitor	This interface is implemented by objects that visit preference nodes.
IPreferencesService	The preference service provides facilities for dealing with the default scope precedence lookup order, querying the preference store for values using this order, accessing the root of the preference store node hierarchy, and importing/exporting preferences.
IScope	Clients contributing a scope to the Eclipse preference system must implement this interface to aid Eclipse in creating a new node for the hierarchy.
IScopeContext	Clients implement this interface to provide context to a particular scope.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractPreferenceInitializer	Abstract class used to aid in default preference value initialization.
AbstractPreferenceStorage	Abstract class which can be used to help provide an alternate storage mechanism for Eclipse preferences.
BundleDefaultsScope	Object representing the bundle defaults scope in the Eclipse preferences hierarchy.
ConfigurationScope	Object representing the configuration scope in the Eclipse preferences hierarchy.
DefaultScope	Object representing the default scope in the Eclipse preferences hierarchy.
IEclipsePreferences.NodeChangeEvent	An event object which describes the details of a change in the preference node hierarchy.
IEclipsePreferences.PreferenceChangeEvent	An event object describing the details of a change to a preference in the preference store.
InstanceScope	Object representing the instance scope in the Eclipse preferences hierarchy.
OsgiPreferenceMetadataStore	The preference store implementation that uses OSGi preference node as an enclosed storage.
PreferenceFilterEntry	Class which represents and preference filter entry to be used during preference import/export (for example).
PreferenceMetadata<V>	The preference metadata provides the information needed to configure everything about the preference except the preference value itself.
PreferenceModifyListener	This class provides a hook into the preference service before particular operations on the global preference tree.