acp.manager

Class PreferenceManager

java.lang.Object

acp.manager.PreferenceManager

public class PreferenceManager
extends java.lang.Object

This class act as the controller component for the preferences. It provides utility functions related to the preferences such as updating preferences etc. User preference is stored into a configuration file in ".ini" format for persistent storing.

Author:

Loke Yan Hao, Ng Chin Hui

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PreferenceManager() Default Constructor

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getFilePath() Gets the absolute file path of preferenceStore.ini
Preference	getUserPreference() Retrieves the user preference from preferenceStore.ini file and initializes the preference object
boolean	updateEnableDisableACP(Preference preference) Updates the new value of preference field, Enable or Disable ACP to file.
boolean	updateUserPreference(Preference preference) Updates the new values of all fields of preference object to file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PreferenceManager

public PreferenceManager()

Default Constructor

Method Detail

getUserPreference

public Preference getUserPreference()

Retrieves the user preference from preferenceStore.ini file and initializes the preference object

Returns:

the preference object

updateEnableDisableACP

public boolean updateEnableDisableACP(Preference preference)

Updates the new value of preference field, Enable or Disable ACP to file.

Parameters:

preference - the preference object to be stored

Returns:

true if the preference is stored successfully

updateUserPreference

public boolean updateUserPreference(Preference preference)

Updates the new values of all fields of preference object to file.

Parameters:

preference - the preference object to be stored

Returns:

true if the preference is stored successfully

getFilePath

public java.lang.String getFilePath()

Gets the absolute file path of preferenceStore.ini

Returns:

the absolute file path of preferenceStore.ini