Best way to define custom settings for desktop-application?

Question

If you have a Java desktop application, what is the best way to store window-related settings like window position, window state (maximized, ...), ...

Thanks!

Answer 1

Have you looked at the Java Preferences API? It's the first thing that comes to mind.

Answer 2

This was one of the problems the Swing Application Framework was going to solve (see the section on session state). However, that project has stopped though there is a fork called Better Swing Application Framework that is still under development.

Answer 3

http://book.javanb.com/swing-hacks/swinghacks-chp-5-sect-6.html