To store a value into the Preferences
node, one of the putXXX()
methods is used. A value of a Preferences
node can be of the type String
, boolean
, byte[]
, double
, float
, int
or long
.
Preferences preferences = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(getClass());
preferences.put("someKey", "some String value");
preferences.putBoolean("someKey", false);
preferences.putByteArray("someKey", new byte[0]);
preferences.putDouble("someKey", 187398123.4454d);
preferences.putFloat("someKey", 298321.445f);
preferences.putInt("someKey", 77637);
preferences.putLong("someKey", 2873984729834L);