The Properties interface consists of a set of classes that provide a lightweight, persistent instance store model. This interface provides a means to store and retrieve a small collection of heterogenous instances. They do not replace a general purpose database.
After reading this chapter, you should:
- Understand the various types of properties
- Be able to retrieve, write, and delete property values
- Be able to create a property collection
- Be able to iterate through a property set
- Be able to define a property query
- Understand the exception handling techniques that this interface uses
- Understanding properties
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- Property interface classes
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- Using properties and property identifiers
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- Using property collections
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- Iterating through property and property identifier sets
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- Defining property queries
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- Exception handling
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