## Uses of Class
org.eclipse.core.runtime.Preferences

Packages that use Preferences
org.eclipse.ant.core: Provides support for running the Ant build tool in the platform.
org.eclipse.core.runtime: Provides support for the runtime platform, core utility methods and the extension registry.
org.eclipse.ui.editors.text: Provides a standard text editor and concrete document providers based `IFileBuffer` and others directly handling `IFile` and `IStorage` as editor input.

### Uses of Preferences in org.eclipse.ant.core

Methods in org.eclipse.ant.core with parameters of type Preferences
`protected Property[]` AntCorePreferences.`extractProperties​(Preferences prefs, String[] properties)`
`protected Task[]` AntCorePreferences.`extractTasks​(Preferences prefs, String[] tasks)`
`protected Type[]` AntCorePreferences.`extractTypes​(Preferences prefs, String[] types)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updateAdditionalEntries​(Preferences prefs)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updateAntHomeEntries​(Preferences prefs)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updateProperties​(Preferences prefs)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updatePropertyFiles​(Preferences prefs)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updateTasks​(Preferences prefs)`
`protected void` AntCorePreferences.`updateTypes​(Preferences prefs)`

### Uses of Preferences in org.eclipse.core.runtime

Methods in org.eclipse.core.runtime that return Preferences
`Preferences` Plugin.`getPluginPreferences()` Deprecated. Replaced by `IEclipsePreferences`.

### Uses of Preferences in org.eclipse.ui.editors.text

Methods in org.eclipse.ui.editors.text that return Preferences
`static Preferences` EditorsUI.`getPluginPreferences()` Deprecated. As of 3.5, replaced by `EditorsUI.getPreferenceStore()`