processing.app.platform

Class WindowsRegistry

Object

WindowsRegistry

public class WindowsRegistry
extends Object

Methods for accessing the Windows Registry. Only String and DWORD values supported at the moment.

Not sure where this code came from originally (if you know the reference, please get in touch so that we can add a proper citation). Several changes were made to update it for JNA 3.5.2's platform classes and clean up the syntax to make it less like a C program. [fry 130720]

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WindowsRegistry()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	createKey(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String parent, String name) Create a new key.
static boolean	deleteKey(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String parent, String name) Delete a key.
static boolean	deleteValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name) Delete a value.
static int	getIntValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name) Read an int value.
static String	getStringValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name) Read a String value.
static String[]	getSubKeys(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String parent) Get all sub keys of a key.
static TreeMap<String,Object>	getValues(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String key) Get all values under a key.
static boolean	setIntValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name, int value) Writes an int value.
static boolean	setStringValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name, String value) Writes a String value.
static boolean	valueExists(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey, String subKeyName, String name) Check for existence of a value.

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WindowsRegistry

public WindowsRegistry()

Method Detail

getStringValue

public static String getStringValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                    String subKeyName,
                                    String name)
                             throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Read a String value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

Returns:

String or null

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - on error

getIntValue

public static int getIntValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                              String subKeyName,
                              String name)

Read an int value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

Returns:

int or 0

deleteValue

public static boolean deleteValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                  String subKeyName,
                                  String name)

Delete a value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

Returns:

true on success

setStringValue

public static boolean setStringValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                     String subKeyName,
                                     String name,
                                     String value)
                              throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Writes a String value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

value - value

Returns:

true on success

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - on error

setIntValue

public static boolean setIntValue(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                  String subKeyName,
                                  String name,
                                  int value)

Writes an int value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

value - value

Returns:

true on success

valueExists

public static boolean valueExists(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                  String subKeyName,
                                  String name)

Check for existence of a value.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

subKeyName - key name

name - value name

Returns:

true if exists

createKey

public static boolean createKey(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                String parent,
                                String name)

Create a new key.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

parent - name of parent key

name - key name

Returns:

true on success

deleteKey

public static boolean deleteKey(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                String parent,
                                String name)

Delete a key.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

parent - name of parent key

name - key name

Returns:

true on success

getSubKeys

public static String[] getSubKeys(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                  String parent)

Get all sub keys of a key.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

parent - key name

Returns:

array with all sub key names

getValues

public static TreeMap<String,Object> getValues(WindowsRegistry.REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY rootKey,
                                               String key)
                                        throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Get all values under a key.

Parameters:

rootKey - root key

key - jey name

Returns:

TreeMap with name and value pairs

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - on error