/** Save an object to global plugin's preference store. */
public static void toPreferenceStore(String globalPreferenceKey, Object object) {
final IPreferenceStore prefStore = WorkbenchCorePlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore();
try {
prefStore.setValue(globalPreferenceKey, toString(object));
} catch (IOException e) {
Utils.logError(e, false);
}
}
/**
* Read an object from the global plugin's preference store. May return <code>null</code> if an
* error occurred.
*/
public static <T> T fromPreferenceStore(Class<T> clazz, String globalPreferenceKey) {
final IPreferenceStore prefStore = WorkbenchCorePlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore();
final String xml = prefStore.getString(globalPreferenceKey);
if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(xml)) {
try {
return fromString(clazz, xml);
} catch (IOException e) {
Utils.logError(e, false);
}
}
return null;
}