Preference (CDC - Kernel - Prefs 0.20.2 API)

Type Parameters:

T - The preference type.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPreference, BooleanPreference, BytePreference, DatePreference, DoublePreference, EnumPreference, FilePreference, FloatPreference, IntegerPreference, LongPreference, ShortPreference, StringPreference
```
public interface Preference<T>
```
Interface giving access to one (node, key) preference.

Author:

Damien Carbonne

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default T`	`get()`
`T`	`get(T def)`	Returns the value associated to this (node, key).
`T`	`getDefaultValue()`
`String`	`getKey()`
`Preferences`	`getNode()`
`Class<T>`	`getValueClass()`
`void`	`put(T value)`	Puts a value into this (node, key).

- Method Detail
  - getValueClass
```
Class<T> getValueClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    The value class.
  - getNode
```
Preferences getNode()
```
    Returns:
    
    The associated node.
  - getKey
```
String getKey()
```
    Returns:
    
    The associated key.
  - getDefaultValue
```
T getDefaultValue()
```
    Returns:
    
    The default value.
  - put
```
void put(T value)
```
    Puts a value into this (node, key).
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The value.
  - get
```
T get(T def)
```
    Returns the value associated to this (node, key).
    
    Parameters:
    
    def - The default value to return when there is no associated value or value processing raises an exception
    
    Returns:
    
    The associated value or def.
  - get
```
default T get()
```
    Returns:
    
    the value associated to this (node, key) or the default value.