Exporting preferences

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Preferences nodes can be exported into a XML document representing that node. The resulting XML tree can be imported again. The resulting XML document will remember whether it was exported from the user or system Preferences.

To export a single node, but not its child nodes:

try (OutputStream os = ...) {
    preferences.exportNode(os);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    // Exception whilst writing data to the OutputStream
    ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (BackingStoreException bse) {
    // Exception whilst reading from the backing preferences store
    bse.printStackTrace();
}

OutputStream os = null;
try {
    os = ...;
    preferences.exportSubtree(os);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    // Exception whilst writing data to the OutputStream
    ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (BackingStoreException bse) {
    // Exception whilst reading from the backing preferences store
    bse.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    if (os != null) {
        try {
            os.close();
        } catch (IOException ignored) {}
    }
}

To export a single node with its child nodes:

try (OutputStream os = ...) {
    preferences.exportNode(os);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    // Exception whilst writing data to the OutputStream
    ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (BackingStoreException bse) {
    // Exception whilst reading from the backing preferences store
    bse.printStackTrace();
}

OutputStream os = null;
try {
    os = ...;
    preferences.exportSubtree(os);
} catch (IOException ioe) {
    // Exception whilst writing data to the OutputStream
    ioe.printStackTrace();
} catch (BackingStoreException bse) {
    // Exception whilst reading from the backing preferences store
    bse.printStackTrace();
} finally {
    if (os != null) {
        try {
            os.close();
        } catch (IOException ignored) {}
    }
}

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