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  1. <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Storing plugin data</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="jEdit 4.3 User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="plugin-tips.html" title="Chapter 19. Plugin Tips and Techniques"><link rel="prev" href="plugin-tips-non-java-libraries.html" title="Bundling Additional Non-Java Libraries"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Storing plugin data</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="plugin-tips-non-java-libraries.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 19. Plugin Tips and Techniques</th><td width="20%" align="right"> </td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="plugin-tips-plugin-data"></a>Storing plugin data</h2></div></div></div><p>If your plugin needs to create files and store data in the
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  2.         filesystem, you should use the <code class="methodname">getPluginHome()</code>
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  3.         API of the <code class="classname">EditPlugin</code> class. To signal that you
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  4.         use the plugin home API you have to set the
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  5.         <code class="filename">plugin.<em class="replaceable"><code>class
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  6.         name</code></em>.usePluginHome</code> property to
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  7.         <code class="constant">true</code>. Even if your plugin doesn't create any files,
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  8.         you should set the property to <code class="constant">true</code>, so that e. g.
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  9.         the plugin manager knows that there is actually no data in favor of not
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  10.         knowing if there is any data and thus displaying that it doesn't know
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  11.         the data size. See the documentation for the <a class="ulink" href="../api/org/gjt/sp/jedit/EditPlugin.html" target="_top"><code class="classname">EditPlugin</code></a>
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