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For reference, I set the node path to this:

Preferences prefs = Preferences.userRoot().node("/Prefs");

I thought that this would store the preferences file in a folder called "Prefs" inside of the working directory for the application I'm developing, but that was not the case. Now I can't find a folder called "Prefs" in the user ~/Library folder or the system /Library folder. I am able to use this preferences object to store data and everything is working as normal.

TL; DR - I can't find where my preferences are being stored based on the given code.

kleopatra
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Alexander Scheibe
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    Possibly related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1320709/preference-api-storage/1320798 – Slaw Jul 14 '20 at 17:04
  • why do you want to know that? the whole idea of the api is to abstract away the physical location – kleopatra Jul 16 '20 at 06:40

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userRoot() uses the preferences .plist located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.java.util.prefs.plist and when you set the node() your node will be within the .plist file at Root/Prefs in your case

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