IWorkingCopyManager (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

WorkingCopyManager
```
public interface IWorkingCopyManager
```
IWorkingCopyManager is the interface for the working copy support for references to shared preference nodes.

Since:

3.1

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`applyChanges()`	Apply the changes for all working copies, to their original preference nodes.
`IEclipsePreferences`	`getWorkingCopy(IEclipsePreferences original)`	Return a working copy instance based on the given preference node.

- Method Detail
  - getWorkingCopy
```
IEclipsePreferences getWorkingCopy(IEclipsePreferences original)
```
    Return a working copy instance based on the given preference node. If a working copy already exists then return it, otherwise create one and keep track of it for other clients who are looking for it.
    
    Parameters:
    
    original - the original node
    
    Returns:
    
    the working copy node
  - applyChanges
```
void applyChanges()
           throws BackingStoreException
```
    Apply the changes for all working copies, to their original preference nodes. Alternatively, if a client wishes to apply the changes for a single working copy they can call #flush on that working copy node.
    
    Throws:
    
    BackingStoreException - if there were problems accessing the backing store