Package org.openide.options

System options provide an easy-to-use mechanism for persistent storage of user-settable options.

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Class Summary
ContextSystemOption Provides a group of system options with this as the parent.
ControlPanel Singleton pool with a list of options for the entire IDE.
SystemOption Base class for all system options.
VetoSystemOption Extends the functionality of SystemOption by providing support for veto listeners.
 

Package org.openide.options Description

System options provide an easy-to-use mechanism for persistent storage of user-settable options. It is possible to write new options (or access existing ones) using the Options API.

Each option is a singleton class defined by its Bean properties. These properties are displayed to the user in special nodes in the Explorer, so that they may be examined and modified, possibly triggering live changes in the IDE.

Special support is provided for "safe" serialization (with better failure modes than the default) for writing options to disk; hierarchical option clusters; and veto-aware options.



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