diff -r 000000000000 -r a02c979e8dfd srcanaapps/depexplorer/com.nokia.s60tools.appdep/src/com/nokia/s60tools/appdep/ui/preferences/DEPreferences.java
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+++ b/srcanaapps/depexplorer/com.nokia.s60tools.appdep/src/com/nokia/s60tools/appdep/ui/preferences/DEPreferences.java	Sat Jan 09 10:04:11 2010 +0530
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2008 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+*/
+ 
+package com.nokia.s60tools.appdep.ui.preferences;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
+
+import com.nokia.s60tools.appdep.plugin.AppDepPlugin;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class to use Dependency Explorer preferences. Use this class for accessing DE preferences 
+ * instead of accessing directly through  {@link org.eclipse.jface.util.IPropertyChangeListener.IPreferenceStore}.
+ */
+public class DEPreferences {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Get search order prefixes
+	 * @return prefixes in order they appear in preference page, or <code>null</code> if none found. 
+	 */
+	public static String[] getSearchOrderPrefixs(){
+		String values = AppDepPlugin.getPrefsStore().getString(DEPreferenceConstants.DE_PREFIX_SEARCH_ORDER_VALUES);
+		String [] prefixs = null;
+		if(values != null){
+			prefixs = values.split(DEPreferenceConstants.PREFIX_SEARCH_ORDER_SEPARATOR);
+		}
+		return prefixs;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Gets search order prefixes
+	 * @return prefixes in order they appear in preference page, or empty list if none found. 
+	 */
+	public static List<String> getSearchOrderPrefixsList(){
+		ArrayList<String> prefixList = new ArrayList<String>();
+		String values = AppDepPlugin.getPrefsStore().getString(DEPreferenceConstants.DE_PREFIX_SEARCH_ORDER_VALUES);
+		//Adding values only if there is something to add.
+		if(values != null && values.trim().length() > 0){
+			String [] prefixs = null;
+			prefixs = values.split(DEPreferenceConstants.PREFIX_SEARCH_ORDER_SEPARATOR);
+			for (int i = 0; i < prefixs.length; i++) {
+				prefixList.add(prefixs[i]);
+			}
+			
+		}
+				
+		return prefixList;
+	}	
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets "Don't ask again" value for Search set as new root confirmation.
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if preference "don't ask again" is cheked, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+	 */
+	public static boolean getDontAskSetAsNewRootFromSearch(){
+		
+		String value = AppDepPlugin.getPrefsStore().getString(DEPreferenceConstants.DE_DONT_ASK_SET_AS_NEW_ROOT_FROM_SEARCH);
+		if(value != null && value.equalsIgnoreCase(DEPreferenceConstants.TRUE)){
+			return true;
+		}else{
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets "Don't ask again" value for Search set as new root confirmation.
+	 * @param isDontAskAgainChecked <code>true</code> if don't ask again is selected, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+	 */
+	public static void setDontAskAtainAsNewRootFromSearch(boolean isDontAskAgainChecked){
+		
+		IPreferenceStore store = AppDepPlugin.getPrefsStore();
+
+		if(isDontAskAgainChecked){
+			store.setValue(DEPreferenceConstants.DE_DONT_ASK_SET_AS_NEW_ROOT_FROM_SEARCH, DEPreferenceConstants.TRUE);
+		}else{
+			store.setValue(DEPreferenceConstants.DE_DONT_ASK_SET_AS_NEW_ROOT_FROM_SEARCH, DEPreferenceConstants.FALSE);
+		}
+	}
+	
+}