/*

 * Created on Feb 22, 2005

 *

* @author Alan Krempler

 */

package isac.util.usersettings;

import java.util.Date;

/**

 * Class for storing/retrieving user settings, i.e. settings which can be set manually by the user

 * as opposed to the {@link isac.util.usersettings.UserModel#}, which is an abstraction of the system's expeience with a user

 * and canot be altered manually. 

 * As there is no fixed set of user settings, you can regard this class as a simple storage backend for key/value pairs.

 * @author Alan Krempler

 *

 */

public class UserSettings {

	/**

	 * @param key	A string key

	 * @return	The string value associated with the key parameter; null, if nothing is stored under this key

	 */

	public String getValue(String key) {

		return null;

	}

	/**

	 * @param key	The key under which "value" is to be stored. Existing data unde the same key will be replaced.

	 * @param value	The value to be stored under "key"

	 * @return	true in case of success, false in case of error, for example if trying to replace stored values without

	 * proper permissions

	 */

	public boolean setValue(String key, String value) {

		return true;

	}

}