com.registry

Class RegistryExporter

java.lang.Object

com.registry.RegistryExporter

public final class RegistryExporter
extends Object

A utility class which provides the ability to save registry information to either a *.reg or a *.txt file.

This functionality differs from the RegistryKey.saveKey(File) method in that *.reg files can be double-clicked in Windows Explorer to automatically add the keys that were saved to the Windows Registry.

Since:

1.2

Version:

1.8

Author:

Yinon Michaeli

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	RegistryExporter.Format Specifies the type of format to use when saving registry information.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	exportKey(File file, RegistryExporter.Format format, RegistryKey... keys) Exports the specified RegistryKey objects into the file specified.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

exportKey

public static boolean exportKey(File file,
                RegistryExporter.Format format,
                RegistryKey... keys)

Exports the specified RegistryKey objects into the file specified.

Parameters:

file - The file to save the keys to.

format - The file format to use when saving.

keys - An array of RegistryKeys to save.

Returns:

true if the export was successful, false if an IOException occurred.

Throws:

RegistryException - if the format isn't supported on the current OS.