Adds a PreferenceObjectT to the current user's personal defined set of objects. The added object will be stored locally until synchronized with the server, which occurs immediately if the application is connected to the server, or at the next login if it is not.

Note that the preference object being added must be globally unique identified by its class and its name. If an object with the same name already has been added, the object is only added to the local cache and never synchronized with the server.

Adds a PreferenceObjectT as the application default preference object.

Applies changes made to a PreferenceObjectT in the current users own defined set of preference objects. Note that this call requires the object to have previously been added to the user's preferences.

Checks whether or not a preference object exists.

Persists a PreferenceObjectT to file. Note that the Preference Object will not be added to the current user's set of object by calling this method; it will only be stored to file.

The export mechanism is based on the .Net XML serialization and therefore it is required of type T to implement all prerequisites for such serialization to be possible.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Finds the one and only PreferenceObjectT in the class defined by className that has the same value as value and the id as objectId. If no such object is not found, the first object in the class that has the same value as T will be returned even if it doesn't have the same id as objectId. If no object with the same value as T is found, a default object defined for the class will be returned.

Finds all Preference Objects in the class defined by className that have the same value as value and returns the identifiers of the objects found. Note that it is very important for the type T to override the Equals(Object) method with an appropriate implementation, since that implementation alone affects the objects will match the given search condition object, value.

Gets the names of all preference objects for the Preference Class given by className, including the application default object.

Gets the name of the default PreferenceObjectT (user, group, or application default) for the class defined by preferenceClassName.

Gets one specific PreferenceObjectT with the identity defined by objectId. The retrieval is performed according to the following sets of rules: If the requested preference object is found, return it.Else, if there is a user defined default object, return it.Else, if there is a group level defined default object, return it. If the user is a member of more than one group, an individual group order determines which default preference object to use. Else, if there is an application default object, return it.Else, throw exception.

Gets all preference objects of a specified class defined by className.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Removes a preference object from the current users own defined set of objects.