What is the best way to save user settings in java application?

Question

What is the best way to save user settings in java desktop app securely? For example If I want to save an Ftp account settings what is the best way to do that?

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Answer 1

The Preferences API is a nice way to store user and system preferences. If you want to store passwords, you'll have to encrypt them. Here is a nice article that can get you started.

Encrypted Preferences in Java