////////////////////////////////////////
// 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());
    }
}