https://sourceforge.net/p/jpreference/feature-requests/Recent changes to feature-requestsenSun, 29 Feb 2004 20:07:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/jpreference/feature-requests/2/<div class="markdown_content"><p>Presently Jpreference is unable to load any preferences <br /> from flat files, unless we initiate default preferences in <br /> PreferenceManager. <br /> Problem domain: <br /> We cannot load any preferences until unless we define <br /> them before calling load method. This is quite painful, as <br /> the application developer should code lots of code to <br /> initiate all the default preferences. <br /> It also raises other concerns apart from coding, why we <br /> need to initalize preference objects without knowing <br /> whether we need them really?<br /> Basic idea behind preference: It is to give more power <br /> to the user, so that he can save his setting for his next <br /> uses. (This is just my idea)<br /> So if the user really didn't use the default initalized <br /> preference objects then they are eating memory without <br /> reason.</p> <p>Could be solution:<br /> load method loads all preferences as String values.<br /> What does that really mean? <br /> So load method does 2 jobs:<br /> 1. Creates new preference objects when they are not <br /> created by application.<br /> 2. If preference object already created by application, <br /> then replaces the old value with newly read value.</p> <p>The next question, What will happen to Object types?<br /> Preferences are specific to the components which use <br /> them, then let them try to cast them to their required <br /> types. (As any type values should be written to a file as <br /> a String)</p></div>Gudapati Praveen KumarSun, 29 Feb 2004 20:07:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net75c3e1a1c8ae61c78ceee36e9f77e2a616c94725https://sourceforge.net/p/jpreference/feature-requests/1/<div class="markdown_content"><p>You should abstract away from Vector, and use the List<br /> interface... most people prefer a more generic way of<br /> accessing a list of values.</p> <p>Especially since preferences are typically<br /> low-bandwidth calls during execution (no tight loops<br /> typically).. and whatever specified type they use to<br /> initialize their list preference, it will continue to<br /> be that type throughout the system, if you use clone to<br /> reinitialize a List.</p></div>Mike DearmanTue, 10 Feb 2004 01:08:11 -0000https://sourceforge.netf392acc780574bd70a743f774584d30f956a3fa3