public void read(){
  File prefFile=new File(SystemProperties.getProperty("user.home"),PREF_FILE_NAME);
  if (!prefFile.exists() || !prefFile.isFile()) {
    return;
  }
  try {
    read(new FileInputStream(prefFile));
  }
 catch (  IOException e) {
  }
}

public void read ( ) { File prefFile = new File ( SystemProperties . getProperty ( "user.home" ) , PREF_FILE_NAME ) ; if ( ! prefFile . exists ( ) || ! prefFile . isFile ( ) ) { return ; } try { read ( new FileInputStream ( prefFile ) ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { } }
read persistent global userpreferences from file in the user ' s home directory .
