| NodeChangeListener | This interface is used to handle preference node change events. |
| PreferenceChangeListener | This interface is used to handle preferences change events. |
| PreferencesFactory | This interface is used by the Preferences class as factory class to
create Preferences instances. |
| AbstractPreferences | This abstract class is a partial implementation of the abstract class
Preferences, which can be used to simplify Preferences provider's
implementation. |
| NodeChangeEvent | This is the event class to indicate that one child of the preference node has been added or deleted. |
| PreferenceChangeEvent | This is the event class to indicate that a preference has been added, deleted or updated. |
| Preferences | An instance of the class Preferences represents one node in a
preference tree, which provides a mechanism to store and access configuration
data in a hierarchical way. |
| BackingStoreException | An exception to indicate that an error was encountered while accessing the backing store. |
| InvalidPreferencesFormatException | An exception to indicate that the input XML file is not well-formed or could
not be validated against the appropriate document type (specified by
in the Preferences). |