<change id="nbpreferences">

        <api name="util"/>

        <summary>Added <code>NbPreferences.forModule(Class cls)</code> and

          <code>NbPreferences.root()</code> methods as static factory methods

          for getting preference node from NetBeans preference tree.</summary>

        <version major="7" minor="4"/>

        <date day="29" month="9" year="2006"/>

        <author login="rmatous"/>

        <compatibility addition="yes" deprecation="no"/>

        <description>

            <p>

              NetBeans preference tree is provided by NetBeans implementation of preferences

              which uses userdir as a storage. Both newly added methods return

              preferences  node from NetBeans preference tree.

              Method <CODE>NbPreferences.root()</CODE> returns root preference

              node.

              Method <CODE>NbPreferences.forModule(Class cls)</CODE> returns

              preference node which 

              {@link Preferences#absolutePath} depends whether class provided as a parameter 

              was loaded as a part of any module or not. If so, then absolute path corresponds to slashified 

              code name base of module. If not, then absolute path corresponds to class's package.

            </p>

        </description>

        <class package="org.openide.util" name="NbPreferences"/>

        <issue number="73474"/>

    </change>