It has been indicated that the Application directory is write
protected. I tend to use my own directory and application bundle
to store disk data and not use the Application directory for what
I write so it hasn't been a concern for me up to now. If I wanted
to write it elsewhere what is now considered the preferred
location? I know some java applications seem to follow a Unixy
convention of writing them to the user home directory
as .invisible files but I'm not sure I like that.
I should look more at the persistence API itself but I believe
that isn't recommended for a lot of data and I'm not sure how much
I'll need to write yet.
Don't store stuff in the application bundle - as you've found, it
won't work if the Applicaiotns folder is write-protected or it's on
a CD or mounted over the network. Put stuff in one of the "Library/
Application Support" folders instead, or, if it's not much, use the
java.util.prefs API which will put stuff in your ~Library/
Preferences folder. Personally, I hate the hidden-files-in-the -
home-folder thing.
Application Support seems a reasonable location. To start out with
I'll probably use some sort of combination of simpler things in
preferences and more involved things in Application Support. Although
I'd assume that will be on a OS X os.name check. Any cross-platform
suggestions?
The preference workspace extensions sound interesting and I would
certainly consider them as an alternative when they become available
although I'm not sure I want to come up with my own SPI
implementation right now.
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