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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/FileBasedFactory.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/FileBasedFactory.java
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+/* FileBasedFactory - Default Classpath implementation of a PreferencesFactory
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import java.util.prefs.*;
+
+/**
+ * Default Classpath implementation of a PreferencesFactory.
+ * Returns system and user root Preferences nodes that are read from files.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
+ */
+public class FileBasedFactory implements PreferencesFactory {
+
+    // We don't save or read any system preferences for the
+    // time being.
+    private static final Preferences systemPreferences
+      = new MemoryBasedPreferences(null, "", false);
+
+    private static final Preferences userPreferences
+      = new FileBasedPreferences();
+
+    public Preferences systemRoot() {
+        return systemPreferences;
+    }
+
+    public Preferences userRoot() {
+        return userPreferences;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/FileBasedPreferences.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/FileBasedPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f89ed6be2
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+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/FileBasedPreferences.java
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+/* FileBasedPreferences.java -- File-based preference implementation
+   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import gnu.classpath.SystemProperties;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+import java.nio.channels.FileLock;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences;
+import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
+
+/**
+ * This is a simple file-based preference implementation which writes
+ * the preferences as properties files.  A node is represented as a directory
+ * beneath the user's home directory.  The preferences for the node are
+ * stored in a single properties file in that directory.  Sub-nodes are
+ * stored in subdirectories.  This implementation uses file locking to
+ * mediate access to the properties files.
+ */
+public class FileBasedPreferences
+    extends AbstractPreferences
+{
+  /**
+   * Name of the property file storing the data in a given directory.
+   */
+  private static final String DATA_FILE = "data.properties";
+
+  /**
+   * The directory corresponding to this preference node.
+   */
+  private File directory;
+
+  /**
+   * The file holding the data for this node.
+   */
+  private File dataFile;
+
+  /**
+   * The data in this node.
+   */
+  private Properties properties;
+
+  /**
+   * Create the root node for the file-based preferences.
+   */
+  FileBasedPreferences()
+  {
+    super(null, "");
+    String home = SystemProperties.getProperty("user.home");
+    this.directory = new File(new File(home, ".classpath"), "userPrefs");
+    this.dataFile = new File(this.directory, DATA_FILE);
+    load();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new file-based preference object with the given parent
+   * and the given name.
+   * @param parent the parent
+   * @param name the name of this node
+   */
+  FileBasedPreferences(FileBasedPreferences parent, String name)
+  {
+    super(parent, name);
+    this.directory = new File(parent.directory, name);
+    this.dataFile = new File(this.directory, DATA_FILE);
+    load();
+  }
+
+  private void load()
+  {
+    this.properties = new Properties();
+    FileInputStream fis = null;
+    FileLock lock = null;
+    try
+      {
+        fis = new FileInputStream(this.dataFile);
+        FileChannel channel = fis.getChannel();
+        lock = channel.lock(0, Long.MAX_VALUE, true);
+        this.properties.load(fis);
+        // We release the lock and close the stream in the 'finally'
+        // clause.
+      }
+    catch (IOException _)
+      {
+        // We don't mind; this means we're making a new node.
+        newNode = true;
+      }
+    finally
+      {
+        try
+          {
+            // Release the lock and close the stream.
+            if (lock != null)
+              lock.release();
+          }
+        catch (IOException ignore)
+          {
+            // Ignore.
+          }
+        try
+          {
+            // Close the stream.
+            if (fis != null)
+              fis.close();
+          }
+        catch (IOException ignore)
+          {
+            // Ignore.
+          }
+      }
+  }
+
+  public boolean isUserNode()
+  {
+    // For now file preferences are always user nodes.
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  protected String[] childrenNamesSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    // FIXME: security manager.
+    String[] result = directory.list(new FilenameFilter()
+                          {
+                            public boolean accept(File dir, String name)
+                            {
+                              return new File(dir, name).isDirectory();
+                            }
+                          });
+    if (result == null)
+      result = new String[0];
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  protected AbstractPreferences childSpi(String name)
+  {
+    return new FileBasedPreferences(this, name);
+  }
+
+  protected String[] keysSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    return (String[]) properties.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  protected String getSpi(String key)
+  {
+    return properties.getProperty(key);
+  }
+
+  protected void putSpi(String key, String value)
+  {
+    properties.put(key, value);
+  }
+
+  protected void removeSpi(String key)
+  {
+    properties.remove(key);
+  }
+
+  protected void flushSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    // FIXME: security manager.
+    try
+      {
+        if (isRemoved())
+          {
+            // Delete the underlying file.
+            // FIXME: ideally we would also delete the directory
+            // if it had no subdirectories.  This doesn't matter
+            // much though.
+            // FIXME: there's a strange race here if a different VM is
+            // simultaneously updating this node.
+            dataFile.delete();
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            // Write the underlying file.
+            directory.mkdirs();
+
+            FileOutputStream fos = null;
+            FileLock lock = null;
+            try
+              {
+                // Note that we let IOExceptions from the try clause
+                // propagate to the outer 'try'.
+                fos = new FileOutputStream(dataFile);
+                FileChannel channel = fos.getChannel();
+                lock = channel.lock();
+                properties.store(fos, "created by GNU Classpath FileBasedPreferences");
+                // Lock is released and file closed in the finally clause.
+              }
+            finally
+              {
+                try
+                  {
+                    if (lock != null)
+                      lock.release();
+                  }
+                catch (IOException _)
+                  {
+                    // Ignore.
+                  }
+                try
+                  {
+                    if (fos != null)
+                      fos.close();
+                  }
+                catch (IOException _)
+                  {
+                    // Ignore.
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+      }
+    catch (IOException ioe)
+      {
+        throw new BackingStoreException(ioe);
+      }
+  }
+
+  protected void syncSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    // FIXME: we ought to synchronize but instead we merely flush.
+    flushSpi();
+  }
+
+  protected void removeNodeSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    // We can simply delegate.
+    flushSpi();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedFactory.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5a189471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* GConfBasedFactory.java -- GConf based PreferencesFactory implementation
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+ GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301 USA.
+
+ Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+ making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+ conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+ combination.
+
+ As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+ permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+ executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+ modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+ terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+ independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+ module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+ or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+ this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+ obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+ exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
+import java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Factory object that generates a Preferences nodes that are read from a GConf
+ * daemon.
+ *
+ * @author Mario Torre <neugens@limasoftware.net>
+ */
+public class GConfBasedFactory implements PreferencesFactory
+{
+  /** System preference root. */
+  private static final Preferences systemPreferences
+    = new GConfBasedPreferences(null, "", false);
+
+  /** User preference root. */
+  private static final Preferences userPreferences
+    = new GConfBasedPreferences(null, "", true);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the system root preference node.
+   *
+   * @see java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory#systemRoot()
+   */
+  public Preferences systemRoot()
+  {
+    return systemPreferences;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the user root preference node corresponding to the calling user.
+   *
+   * @see java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory#userRoot()
+   */
+  public Preferences userRoot()
+  {
+    return userPreferences;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3374eee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/GConfBasedPreferences.java
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+/* GConfBasedPreferences.java -- GConf based Preferences implementation
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+ GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301 USA.
+
+ Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+ making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+ conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+ combination.
+
+ As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+ permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+ executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+ modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+ terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+ independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+ module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+ or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+ this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+ obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+ exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf.GConfNativePeer;
+
+import java.security.Permission;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.prefs.AbstractPreferences;
+import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
+
+/**
+ * This is a GConf based preference implementation which writes the preferences
+ * as GConf key-value pairs. System Root is defined to be the
+ * <code>"/system"</code> directory of GConf for the current user, while User
+ * Root is <code>"/apps/java"</code>. These defaults can be modified by
+ * defining two system properties:<br />
+ * <br />
+ * User Root:<br />
+ * <br />
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf.user_root
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <br />
+ * <br />
+ * and System Root:<br />
+ * <br />
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf.system_root
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <br />
+ *
+ * @author Mario Torre <neugens@limasoftware.net>
+ */
+public class GConfBasedPreferences
+    extends AbstractPreferences
+{
+  /** Get access to Runtime permission */
+  private static final Permission PERMISSION
+    = new RuntimePermission("preferences");
+
+  /** CGonf client backend */
+  private static GConfNativePeer backend = new GConfNativePeer();
+
+  /** Default user root path */
+  private static final String DEFAULT_USER_ROOT = "/apps/classpath";
+
+  /** Default system root path */
+  private static final String DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROOT = "/system";
+
+  /** current node full path */
+  private String node = "";
+
+  /** True if this is a preference node in the user tree, false otherwise. */
+  private final boolean isUser;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a preference root user node.
+   */
+  public GConfBasedPreferences()
+  {
+    this(true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a preference root node. When <code>isUser</code> is true it will
+   * be user node otherwise it will be a system node.
+   */
+  public GConfBasedPreferences(boolean isUser)
+  {
+    this(null, "", isUser);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new preference node given a parent node and a name, which has to
+   * be relative to its parent. When <code>isUser</code> is true it will be user
+   * node otherwise it will be a system node.
+   *
+   * @param parent The parent node of this newly created node.
+   * @param name A name relative to the parent node.
+   * @param isUser Set to <code>true</code> initializes this node to be
+   * a user node, <code>false</code> initialize it to be a system node.
+   */
+  public GConfBasedPreferences(AbstractPreferences parent, String name,
+                               boolean isUser)
+  {
+    super(parent, name);
+    this.isUser = isUser;
+
+    // stores the fully qualified name of this node
+    String absolutePath = this.absolutePath();
+    if (absolutePath != null && absolutePath.endsWith("/"))
+      {
+        absolutePath = absolutePath.substring(0, absolutePath.length() - 1);
+      }
+
+    // strip invalid characters
+    // please, note that all names are unescaped into the native peer
+    int index = absolutePath.lastIndexOf('/');
+    if (index > -1)
+      {
+        absolutePath = absolutePath.substring(0, index + 1);
+        absolutePath = absolutePath + GConfNativePeer.escapeString(name);
+      }
+
+    this.node = this.getRealRoot(isUser) + absolutePath;
+
+    boolean nodeExist = backend.nodeExist(this.node);
+
+    this.newNode = !nodeExist;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a child node with the given name.
+   * If the child node does not exists, it will be created.
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the requested node.
+   * @return A new reference to the node, creating the node if it is necessary.
+   */
+  protected AbstractPreferences childSpi(String name)
+  {
+    // we don't check anything here, if the node is a new node this will be
+    // detected in the constructor, so we simply return a new reference to
+    // the requested node.
+
+    GConfBasedPreferences preferenceNode
+      = new GConfBasedPreferences(this, name, this.isUser);
+
+    return preferenceNode;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of names of the children of this preference node.
+   * If the current node does not have children, the returned array will be
+   * of <code>size</code> 0 (that is, not <code>null</code>).
+   *
+   * @return A <code>String</code> array of names of children of the current
+   * node.
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed.
+   */
+  protected String[] childrenNamesSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    List<String> nodeList = backend.getChildrenNodes(this.node);
+    String[] nodes = new String[nodeList.size()];
+    nodeList.toArray(nodes);
+
+    return nodes;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Suggest a flush to the backend. Actually, this is only a suggestion as
+   * GConf handles this for us asynchronously. More over, both sync and flush
+   * have the same meaning in this class, so calling sync has exactly the same
+   * effect.
+   *
+   * @see #sync
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed.
+   */
+  public void flush() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    backend.suggestSync();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Request a flush.
+   *
+   * @see #flush
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed.
+   */
+  protected void flushSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    this.flush();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns all of the key in this preference node.
+   * If the current node does not have preferences, the returned array will be
+   * of size zero.
+   *
+   * @return A <code>String</code> array of keys stored under the current
+   * node.
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed.
+   */
+  protected String[] keysSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    List<String> keyList = backend.getKeys(this.node);
+    String[] keys = new String[keyList.size()];
+    keyList.toArray(keys);
+
+    return keys;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Does a recursive postorder traversal of the preference tree, starting from
+   * the given directory invalidating every preference found in the node.
+   *
+   * @param directory The name of the starting directory (node)
+   */
+  private void postorderRemove(String directory)
+  {
+    try
+      {
+        // gets the listing of directories in this node
+        List<String> dirs = backend.getChildrenNodes(directory);
+
+        if (dirs.size() != 0)
+          {
+            for (String currentDir : dirs)
+              {
+                // recursive search inside this directory
+                postorderRemove(currentDir);
+              }
+          }
+
+        // remove all the keys associated to this directory
+        List<String> entries = backend.getKeys(directory);
+
+        if (entries.size() != 0)
+          {
+            for (String key : entries)
+              {
+                this.removeSpi(key);
+              }
+          }
+      }
+    catch (BackingStoreException ex)
+      {
+        /* ignore */
+      }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stores the given key-value pair into this preference node.
+   *
+   * @param key The key of this preference.
+   * @param value The value of this preference.
+   */
+  protected void putSpi(String key, String value)
+  {
+    backend.setString(this.getGConfKey(key), value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes this preference node, including all its children.
+   * Also removes the preferences associated.
+   */
+  protected void removeNodeSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    this.postorderRemove(this.node);
+    this.flush();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes the given key from this preference node.
+   * If the key does not exist, no operation is performed.
+   *
+   * @param key The key to remove.
+   */
+  protected void removeSpi(String key)
+  {
+    backend.unset(this.getGConfKey(key));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Suggest a sync to the backend. Actually, this is only a suggestion as GConf
+   * handles this for us asynchronously. More over, both sync and flush have the
+   * same meaning in this class, so calling flush has exactly the same effect.
+   *
+   * @see #flush
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed due to
+   *           a failure in the backing store, or inability to communicate with
+   *           it.
+   */
+  public void sync() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    this.flush();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Request a sync.
+   *
+   * @see #sync
+   * @throws BackingStoreException if this operation cannot be completed due to
+   *           a failure in the backing store, or inability to communicate with
+   *           it.
+   */
+  protected void syncSpi() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    this.sync();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value of the given key.
+   * If the keys does not have a value, or there is an error in the backing
+   * store, <code>null</code> is returned instead.
+   *
+   * @param key The key to retrieve.
+   * @return The value associated with the given key.
+   */
+  protected String getSpi(String key)
+  {
+    return backend.getKey(this.getGConfKey(key));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns <code>true</code> if this preference node is a user node,
+   * <code>false</code> if is a system preference node.
+   *
+   * @return <code>true</code> if this preference node is a user node,
+   * <code>false</code> if is a system preference node.
+   */
+  public boolean isUserNode()
+  {
+    return this.isUser;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * PRIVATE METHODS
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Builds a GConf key string suitable for operations on the backend.
+   *
+   * @param key The key to convert into a valid GConf key.
+   * @return A valid Gconf key.
+   */
+  private String getGConfKey(String key)
+  {
+    String nodeName = "";
+
+    // strip key
+    // please, note that all names are unescaped into the native peer
+    key = GConfNativePeer.escapeString(key);
+
+    if (this.node.endsWith("/"))
+      {
+        nodeName = this.node + key;
+      }
+    else
+      {
+        nodeName = this.node + "/" + key;
+      }
+
+    return nodeName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Builds the root node to use for this preference.
+   *
+   * @param isUser Defines if this node is a user (<code>true</code>) or system
+   * (<code>false</code>) node.
+   * @return The real root of this preference tree.
+   */
+  private String getRealRoot(boolean isUser)
+  {
+    // not sure about this, we should have already these permissions...
+    SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
+
+    if (security != null)
+      {
+        security.checkPermission(PERMISSION);
+      }
+
+    String root = null;
+
+    if (isUser)
+      {
+        root = System.getProperty("gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf.user_root",
+                                  DEFAULT_USER_ROOT);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+        root = System.getProperty("gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf.system_root",
+                                  DEFAULT_SYSTEM_ROOT);
+      }
+
+    return root;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedFactory.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32ed12fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* MemoryBasedFactory - Memory based PreferencesFactory usefull for testing
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import java.util.prefs.*;
+
+/**
+ * Memory based PreferencesFactory useful for testing.
+ * Returns completely empty Preferences for system and user roots.
+ * All changes are only backed by the current instances in memory.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
+ */
+public class MemoryBasedFactory implements PreferencesFactory {
+
+    // Static fields containing the preferences root nodes
+    private static final Preferences systemPreferences
+        = new MemoryBasedPreferences(null, "", false);
+    private static final Preferences userPreferences
+        = new MemoryBasedPreferences(null, "", true);
+
+    public Preferences systemRoot() {
+        return systemPreferences;
+    }
+
+    public Preferences userRoot() {
+        return userPreferences;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedPreferences.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee184d182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/MemoryBasedPreferences.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/* MemoryBasedPreferences - A Preference node which holds all entries in memory
+   Copyright (C) 2001, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import java.util.prefs.*;
+
+/**
+ * A Preference node which holds all entries in memory
+ *
+ * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
+ */
+public class MemoryBasedPreferences extends AbstractPreferences {
+
+    /** True if this is a preference node in the user tree, false otherwise. */
+    private final boolean isUser;
+
+    /** Contains all the preference entries of this node. */
+    private HashMap<String, String> entries = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new preferences node with the given name and parent.
+     * When isUser is true it will be user node otherwise it will be a system
+     * node. It will always set the <code>newNode</code> field to true
+     * since there is no real backing store, so all nodes are new.
+     */
+    public MemoryBasedPreferences(MemoryBasedPreferences parent,
+                                  String name,
+                                  boolean isUser) {
+        super(parent, name);
+        this.isUser = isUser;
+
+        // Since we do not have a real backing store all nodes are new
+        newNode = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this node was created as a user node.
+     */
+    public boolean isUserNode() {
+        return isUser;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an empty array since all children names are always already
+     * cached.
+     */
+    protected String[] childrenNamesSpi() throws BackingStoreException {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new node with the given name with as parent this node and
+     * with the <code>isUser</code> flag set to the same value as this node.
+     */
+    protected AbstractPreferences childSpi(String childName) {
+       return new MemoryBasedPreferences(this, childName, isUser);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a (possibly empty) array of keys of the preferences entries of
+     * this node.
+     */
+    protected String[] keysSpi() throws BackingStoreException {
+        return entries.keySet().toArray(new String[entries.size()]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the associated value from this nodes preferences entries or
+     * null when the key has not been set.
+     */
+    protected String getSpi(String key) {
+        return entries.get(key);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the value for the given key.
+     */
+    protected void putSpi(String key, String value) {
+        entries.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Removes the entry with the given key.
+     */
+    protected void removeSpi(String key) {
+        entries.remove(key);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Does nothing since we do not have any backing store.
+     */
+    protected void flushSpi() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Does nothing since we do not have any backing store.
+     */
+    protected void syncSpi() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Just removes the entries map of this node.
+     */
+    protected void removeNodeSpi() {
+        entries = null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeReader.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a49fc777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/* NodeReader - Reads and imports preferences nodes from files
+   Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.util.prefs.InvalidPreferencesFormatException;
+import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
+import java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Reads and imports preferences nodes from files.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
+ */
+public class NodeReader {
+
+    private final BufferedReader br;
+    private String line = "";
+
+    private final PreferencesFactory factory;
+
+    public NodeReader(Reader r, PreferencesFactory factory) {
+        if(r instanceof BufferedReader) {
+            br = (BufferedReader) r;
+        } else {
+            br = new BufferedReader(r);
+        }
+        this.factory = factory;
+    }
+
+    public NodeReader(InputStream is, PreferencesFactory factory) {
+        this(new InputStreamReader(is), factory);
+    }
+
+    public void importPreferences()
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        readPreferences();
+    }
+
+    private void readPreferences()
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        // Begin starting tag
+        skipTill("<preferences");
+
+        readRoot();
+
+        // Ending tag
+        skipTill("</preferences>");
+    }
+
+    private void readRoot()
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        // Begin starting tag
+        skipTill("<root");
+
+        // type attribute
+        skipTill("type=\"");
+        String type = readTill("\"");
+        Preferences root;
+        if ("user".equals(type)) {
+            root = factory.userRoot();
+        } else if ("system".equals(type)) {
+            root = factory.systemRoot();
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidPreferencesFormatException("Unknown type: "
+                                                        + type);
+        }
+
+        // Read root map and subnodes
+        readMap(root);
+        readNodes(root);
+
+        // Ending tag
+        skipTill("</root>");
+    }
+
+    private void readNodes(Preferences node)
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        while ("node".equals(nextTag())) {
+            skipTill("<node");
+            skipTill("name=\"");
+            String name = readTill("\"");
+            Preferences subnode = node.node(name);
+            readMap(subnode);
+            readNodes(subnode);
+            skipTill("</node>");
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private void readMap(Preferences node)
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        // Begin map tag
+        skipTill("<map");
+
+        // Empty map?
+        if (line.startsWith("/>")) {
+            line = line.substring(2);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Map entries
+        readEntries(node);
+
+        // Ending tag
+        skipTill("</map>");
+    }
+
+    private void readEntries(Preferences node)
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        while ("entry".equals(nextTag())) {
+            skipTill("<entry");
+            skipTill("key=\"");
+            String key = readTill("\"");
+            skipTill("value=\"");
+            String value = readTill("\"");
+            node.put(key, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void skipTill(String s)
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        while(true) {
+            if (line == null)
+                throw new InvalidPreferencesFormatException(s + " not found");
+
+            int index = line.indexOf(s);
+            if (index == -1)  {
+                line = br.readLine();
+            } else {
+                line = line.substring(index+s.length());
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String readTill(String s)
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException
+    {
+        int index = line.indexOf(s);
+        if (index == -1)
+                throw new InvalidPreferencesFormatException(s + " not found");
+
+        String read = line.substring(0, index);
+        line = line.substring(index+s.length());
+
+        return read;
+    }
+
+    private String nextTag()
+                    throws InvalidPreferencesFormatException, IOException
+    {
+        while(true) {
+            if (line == null)
+                throw new InvalidPreferencesFormatException("unexpected EOF");
+
+            int start = line.indexOf("<");
+            if (start == -1)  {
+                line = br.readLine();
+            } else {
+                // Find end of tag
+                int end = start+1;
+                while (end != line.length()
+                       && " \t\r\n".indexOf(line.charAt(end)) == -1) {
+                    end++;
+                }
+                // Line now starts at the found tag
+                String tag = line.substring(start+1,end);
+                line = line.substring(start);
+                return tag;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeWriter.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e4f972ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/NodeWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/* NodeWriter - Writes and exports preferences nodes to files
+   Copyright (C) 2001, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs;
+
+import gnu.java.lang.CPStringBuilder;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import java.util.prefs.*;
+
+/**
+ * Writes and exports preferences nodes to files
+ *
+ * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
+ */
+public class NodeWriter {
+
+    /** The Preferences node to write. */
+    private final Preferences prefs;
+
+    /** The bufferedWriter to write the node to. */
+    private final BufferedWriter bw;
+
+    /**
+     * True if the complete sub tree should be written,
+     * false if only the node should be written.
+     */
+    private boolean subtree;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new NodeWriter for the given preferences node and
+     * outputstream. Creates a new OutputStreamWriter.
+     */
+    public NodeWriter(Preferences prefs, OutputStream os) {
+        this.prefs = prefs;
+        Writer w;
+        try
+          {
+            w = new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8");
+          }
+        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee)
+          {
+            // Shouldn't happen, since we always have UTF-8 available.
+            InternalError ie = new InternalError("UTF-8 encoding missing");
+            ie.initCause(uee);
+            throw ie;
+          }
+        this.bw = new BufferedWriter(w);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the preference node plus the complete subtree.
+     */
+    public void writePrefsTree() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        subtree = true;
+        writeHeader();
+        writePreferences();
+        bw.flush();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes only the preference node.
+     */
+    public void writePrefs() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        subtree = false;
+        writeHeader();
+        writePreferences();
+        bw.flush();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes the standard header.
+     */
+    private void writeHeader() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        bw.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
+        bw.newLine();
+        bw.write("<!DOCTYPE preferences SYSTEM "
+                 + "\"http://java.sun.com/dtd/preferences.dtd\">");
+        bw.newLine();
+        bw.newLine();
+        bw.write("<!-- GNU Classpath java.util.prefs Preferences ");
+
+        if (prefs.isUserNode()) {
+            bw.write("user");
+        } else {
+            bw.write("system");
+        }
+
+        // root node?
+        if (prefs.parent() == null) {
+            bw.write(" root");
+        }
+
+        if (subtree) {
+            bw.write(" tree");
+        } else {
+            bw.write(" node");
+        }
+
+        // no root?
+        if (prefs.parent() != null) {
+            bw.newLine();
+            bw.write("     '");
+            bw.write(prefs.absolutePath());
+            bw.write('\'');
+            bw.newLine();
+        }
+        bw.write(" -->");
+        bw.newLine();
+        bw.newLine();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write the preferences tag and the root.
+     */
+    private void writePreferences() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        bw.write("<preferences>");
+        bw.newLine();
+        writeRoot();
+        bw.write("</preferences>");
+        bw.newLine();
+    }
+
+    private void writeRoot() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        bw.write("  <root type=\"");
+        if (prefs.isUserNode()) {
+            bw.write("user");
+        } else {
+            bw.write("system");
+        }
+        bw.write("\">");
+
+        writeRootMap();
+        writeNode();
+
+        bw.write("  </root>");
+        bw.newLine();
+    }
+
+    private void writeRootMap() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        // Is it a root node?
+        if(prefs.parent() == null && prefs.keys().length > 0) {
+            bw.newLine();
+            writeMap(prefs, 2);
+        } else {
+            bw.write("<map/>");
+            bw.newLine();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes all the parents of the preferences node without any entries.
+     * Returns the number of parents written, which has to be used as
+     * argument to <code>writeCloseParents()</code> after writing the node
+     * itself.
+     */
+    private int writeParents() throws IOException {
+        int parents;
+        String path = prefs.absolutePath();
+        int lastslash = path.lastIndexOf("/");
+        if (lastslash > 0) {
+            path = path.substring(1, lastslash);
+            StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(path);
+            parents = st.countTokens();
+
+            for (int i=0; i<parents; i++) {
+                String name = st.nextToken();
+                indent(i+2);
+                bw.write("<node name=\"" + name + "\">");
+                bw.write("<map/>");
+                bw.write("</node>");
+                bw.newLine();
+            }
+        } else {
+            parents = 0;
+        }
+
+        return parents;
+    }
+
+    private void writeCloseParents(int parents) throws IOException {
+        while(parents > 0) {
+            indent(parents+1);
+            bw.write("</node>");
+            bw.newLine();
+            parents--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeNode() throws BackingStoreException, IOException {
+        int parents = writeParents();
+        // root?
+        int indent;
+        if (prefs.parent() == null) {
+            indent = parents+1;
+        } else {
+            indent = parents+2;
+        }
+        writeNode(prefs, indent);
+        writeCloseParents(parents);
+    }
+
+    private void writeNode(Preferences node, int indent)
+                                    throws BackingStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        // not root?
+        if (node.parent() != null) {
+            indent(indent);
+            bw.write("<node name=\"" + node.name() + "\">");
+            if (node.keys().length > 0) {
+                bw.newLine();
+            }
+            writeMap(node, indent+1);
+        }
+
+        if (subtree) {
+            String[] children = node.childrenNames();
+            for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) {
+                Preferences child = node.node(children[i]);
+                writeNode(child, indent+1);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // not root?
+        if (node.parent() != null) {
+            indent(indent);
+            bw.write("</node>");
+            bw.newLine();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeMap(Preferences node, int indent)
+                                    throws BackingStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        // construct String used for indentation
+        CPStringBuilder indentBuffer = new CPStringBuilder(2*indent);
+        for (int i=0; i < indent; i++)
+            indentBuffer.append("  ");
+        String indentString = indentBuffer.toString();
+
+        if (node.keys().length > 0) {
+            bw.write(indentString);
+            bw.write("<map>");
+            bw.newLine();
+            writeEntries(node, indentString + "  ");
+            bw.write(indentString);
+            bw.write("</map>");
+        } else {
+            bw.write("<map/>");
+        }
+        bw.newLine();
+    }
+
+    private void writeEntries(Preferences node, String indent)
+                                    throws BackingStoreException, IOException
+    {
+        String[] keys = node.keys();
+        for(int i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+            String value = node.get(keys[i], null);
+            if (value == null) {
+                throw new BackingStoreException("null value for key '"
+                                                + keys[i] + "'");
+            }
+
+            bw.write(indent);
+            bw.write("<entry key=\"" + keys[i] + "\""
+                    + " value=\"" + value + "\"/>");
+            bw.newLine();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void indent(int x) throws IOException {
+        for (int i=0; i<x; i++) {
+            bw.write("  ");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/gconf/GConfNativePeer.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/gconf/GConfNativePeer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64fc0498a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/gconf/GConfNativePeer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+/* GConfNativePeer.java -- GConf based preference peer for native methods
+ Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+ GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+ 02110-1301 USA.
+
+ Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+ making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+ conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+ combination.
+
+ As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+ permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+ executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+ modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+ terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+ independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+ module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+ or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+ this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+ obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+ exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.util.prefs.gconf;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
+
+/**
+ * Native peer for GConf based preference backend.
+ *
+ * @author Mario Torre <neugens@limasoftware.net>
+ */
+public final class GConfNativePeer
+{
+  /**
+   * Creates a new instance of GConfNativePeer
+   */
+  public GConfNativePeer()
+  {
+    init_class();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Queries whether the node <code>node</code> exists in theGConf database.
+   * Returns <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.
+   *
+   * @param node the node to check.
+   */
+  public boolean nodeExist(String node)
+  {
+    return gconf_dir_exists(node);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Change the value of key to val. Automatically creates the key if it didn't
+   * exist before (ie it was unset or it only had a default value).
+   * Key names must be valid GConf key names, that is, there can be more
+   * restrictions than for normal Preference Backend.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to alter (or add).
+   * @param value the new value for this key.
+   * @return true if the key was updated, false otherwise.
+   */
+  public boolean setString(String key, String value)
+  {
+    return gconf_set_string(key, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unsets the value of key; if key is already unset, has no effect. Depending
+   * on the GConf daemon, unsetting a key may have the side effect to remove it
+   * completely form the database.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to unset.
+   * @return true on success, false if the key was not updated.
+   */
+  public boolean unset(String key)
+  {
+    return gconf_unset(key);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the value of a configuration key.
+   *
+   * @param key the configuration key.
+   * @return the values of this key, null if the key is not valid.
+   */
+  public String getKey(String key)
+  {
+    return gconf_get_string(key);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Lists the key in the given node. Does not list subnodes. Keys names are the
+   * stripped names (name relative to the current node) of the keys stored in
+   * this node.
+   *
+   * @param node the node where keys are stored.
+   * @return a java.util.List of keys. If there are no keys in the given node, a
+   *         list of size 0 is returned.
+   */
+  public List<String> getKeys(String node) throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    return gconf_all_keys(node);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Lists the subnodes in <code>node</code>. The returned list contains
+   * allocated strings. Each string is the name relative tho the given node.
+   *
+   * @param node the node to get subnodes from. If there are no subnodes in the
+   *          given node, a list of size 0 is returned.
+   */
+  public List<String> getChildrenNodes(String node) throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    return gconf_all_nodes(node);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Escape the given string so the it is a valid GConf name.
+   */
+  public static String escapeString(String plain)
+  {
+    return gconf_escape_key(plain);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unescape a string escaped with {@link #escapeString}.
+   */
+  public static String unescapeString(String escaped)
+  {
+    return gconf_unescape_key(escaped);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Suggest to the backend GConf daemon to synch with the database.
+   */
+  public void suggestSync() throws BackingStoreException
+  {
+    gconf_suggest_sync();
+  }
+
+  protected void finalize() throws Throwable
+  {
+    try
+      {
+        finalize_class();
+      }
+    finally
+      {
+        super.finalize();
+      }
+  }
+
+  /* ***** native methods ***** */
+
+  /*
+   * Basicly, these are one to one mappings to GConfClient functions.
+   * GConfClient instances are handled by the native layer, and are hidden from
+   * the main java class.
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the GConf native peer and enable the object cache.
+   * It is meant to be used by the static initializer.
+   */
+  native synchronized static final private void init_id_cache();
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the GConf native peer. This is meant to be used by the
+   * class constructor.
+   */
+  native synchronized static final private void init_class();
+
+  /**
+   * Class finalizer.
+   */
+  native synchronized static final private void finalize_class();
+
+  /**
+   * Queries the GConf database to see if the given node exists, returning
+   * true if the node exist, false otherwise.
+   *
+   * @param node the node to query for existence.
+   * @return true if the node exist, false otherwise.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected boolean gconf_dir_exists(String node);
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the given key/value pair into the GConf database.
+   * The key must be a valid GConf key.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to store in the GConf database
+   * @param value the value to associate to the given key.
+   * @return true if the change has effect, false otherwise.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected boolean gconf_set_string(String key, String value);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the key associated to the given key. Null is returned if the
+   * key is not valid.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to return the value of.
+   * @return The value associated to the given key, or null.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected String gconf_get_string(String key);
+
+  /**
+   * Usets the given key, removing the key from the database.
+   *
+   * @param key the key to remove.
+   * @return true if the operation success, false otherwise.
+   */
+  native synchronized static final protected boolean gconf_unset(String key);
+
+  /**
+   * Suggest to the GConf native peer a sync with the database.
+   *
+   */
+  native synchronized static final protected void gconf_suggest_sync()
+    throws BackingStoreException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of all nodes under the given node.
+   *
+   * @param node the source node.
+   * @return A list of nodes under the given source node.
+   */
+  native
+  static synchronized final protected List<String> gconf_all_nodes(String node)
+    throws BackingStoreException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of all keys stored in the given node.
+   *
+   * @param node the source node.
+   * @return A list of all keys stored in the given node.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected List<String> gconf_all_keys(String node)
+    throws BackingStoreException;
+
+  /**
+   * Escape the input String so that it's a valid element for GConf.
+   *
+   * @param plain the String to escape.
+   * @return An escaped String for use with GConf.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected String gconf_escape_key(String plain);
+
+  /**
+   * Converts a string escaped with gconf_escape_key back into its
+   * original form.
+   *
+   * @param escaped key as returned by gconf_escape_key
+   * @return An unescaped key.
+   */
+  native synchronized
+  static final protected String gconf_unescape_key(String escaped);
+
+  static
+    {
+      System.loadLibrary("gconfpeer");
+      init_id_cache();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/package.html b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/package.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee5d67f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/util/prefs/package.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html - describes classes in gnu.java.util.prefs package.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. -->
+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - gnu.java.util.prefs</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p></p>
+
+</body>
+</html>