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Projekte/common/src/main/java/pp/util/PreferencesUtils.java

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+////////////////////////////////////////
+// Programming project code
+// UniBw M, 2022, 2023, 2024
+// www.unibw.de/inf2
+// (c) Mark Minas (mark.minas@unibw.de)
+////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package pp.util;
+
+import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
+
+/**
+ * A class with convenience methods for preferences.
+ */
+public class PreferencesUtils {
+    private PreferencesUtils() {
+        // don't instantiate
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a preferences node for the specified class object. The path of the
+     * preference node corresponds to the fully qualified name of the class.
+     *
+     * @param clazz a class object
+     * @return a preference node for the specified class
+     */
+    public static Preferences getPreferences(Class<?> clazz) {
+        return Preferences.userNodeForPackage(clazz).node(clazz.getSimpleName());
+    }
+}