net.sf.plist.defaults

Class Scope

java.lang.Object

net.sf.plist.defaults.Scope

Direct Known Subclasses:

Scope.SystemScope, Scope.UserByHostScope, Scope.UserScope

public abstract class Scope
extends java.lang.Object

The scope indicates who has access to a specific NSDefaults instance. This can be either USER or SYSTEM where the first is only used for the current user and the latter is system wide. A special Scope is USER_BY_THIS_HOST which is specific for the current user but only on the host the program is currently running on.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Scope.SystemScope The system-wide scope for the local host
static class	Scope.UserByHostScope The scope for the current user on a specific host
static class	Scope.UserScope The scope for the current user on any host

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Scope.SystemScope	SYSTEM The system-wide scope for the local host
static Scope.UserScope	USER The scope for the current user on any host
static Scope.UserByHostScope	USER_BY_THIS_HOST The scope for the current user on the local host

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Scope.SystemScope	getSystemScope()
static Scope.UserByHostScope	getUserByHostScope()
static Scope.UserByHostScope	getUserByHostScope(java.lang.String machineUUID) Get the scope for the given machineUUID
static Scope.UserScope	getUserScope()
static Scope[]	instances() Get all earlier created instances
abstract boolean	isByHost() Determine if this scope is by host.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SYSTEM

public static final Scope.SystemScope SYSTEM

The system-wide scope for the local host

USER

public static final Scope.UserScope USER

The scope for the current user on any host

USER_BY_THIS_HOST

public static final Scope.UserByHostScope USER_BY_THIS_HOST

The scope for the current user on the local host

Method Detail

getSystemScope

public static Scope.SystemScope getSystemScope()

See Also:

SYSTEM

getUserScope

public static Scope.UserScope getUserScope()

See Also:

USER

getUserByHostScope

public static Scope.UserByHostScope getUserByHostScope()

See Also:

USER_BY_THIS_HOST

getUserByHostScope

public static Scope.UserByHostScope getUserByHostScope(java.lang.String machineUUID)

Get the scope for the given machineUUID

Parameters:

machineUUID - the machineUUID

Returns:

the scope

isByHost

public abstract boolean isByHost()

Determine if this scope is by host. If it is, a machine UUID needs to be appended to the filename

instances

public static Scope[] instances()

Get all earlier created instances

Returns:

the instances