Preferences.Node(String) Method
Definition
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Returns the named preference node in the same tree as this node, creating it and any of its ancestors if they do not already exist.
[Android.Runtime.Register("node", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/prefs/Preferences;", "GetNode_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
public abstract Java.Util.Prefs.Preferences? Node (string? pathName);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("node", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/prefs/Preferences;", "GetNode_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member Node : string -> Java.Util.Prefs.Preferences
Parameters
- pathName
- String
the path name of the preference node to return.
Returns
the specified preference node.
- Attributes
Exceptions
if this node has been removed.
if the path name is invalid.
if the given path is null
.
Remarks
Returns the named preference node in the same tree as this node, creating it and any of its ancestors if they do not already exist. Accepts a relative or absolute path name. Relative path names (which do not begin with the slash character ('/')
) are interpreted relative to this preference node.
If the returned node did not exist prior to this call, this node and any ancestors that were created by this call are not guaranteed to become permanent until the flush
method is called on the returned node (or one of its ancestors or descendants).
Java documentation for java.util.prefs.Preferences.node(java.lang.String)
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