/**
* Go down the registry tree to find a key with the given name.
*
* @param root Root of the registry hive
* @param name Name of the subkey to seach for
* @return The matching subkey or null if not found
*/
public RegistryKey findKey(RegistryKey root, String name) {
RegistryKey currentKey = root;
// Split the key name into parts
String[] parts = name.split("\\\\");
for (String part : parts) {
if (part.length() > 0) {
try {
currentKey = currentKey.getSubkey(part);
} catch (Exception ex) {
// We get an exception if the value wasn't found (not a RegistryParseException).
// There doesn't seem to be a cleaner way to test for existance without cycling though
// everything ourselves. (Broad catch because things other than RegistryParseException
// can happen)
return null;
}
}
}
// If we make it this far, we've found it
return currentKey;
}
