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The `preferences-service` module provides access to the
application-wide preferences service singleton.


<api name="set">
@function
Sets the application preference `name` to `value`.
@param name {string} Preference name.
@param value {string,number,bool} Preference value.

**Example:**

    var name = "extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly";
    require("preferences-service").set(name, false);
</api>


<api name="get">
@function
Gets the application preference `name`.
@param name {string}
@param defaultValue {string,number,bool} Preference value.
@returns {string,number,bool} Preference value, returns a default value if no
preference is set.

**Example:**

    var name = "extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly";
    var nightlyCompatChk = require("preferences-service").get(name);
</api>


<api name="has">
@function
@param name {string} Preference name.
@returns {bool} Returns whether or not the application preference `name` exists.

**Example:**

    var name = "extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly";
    if (require("preferences-service").has(name)) {
      // ...
    }
</api>


<api name="isSet">
@function
@param name {string} Preference name.
@returns {bool}
Returns whether or not the application preference `name` both exists
and has been set to a non-default value by the user (or a program
acting on the user's behalf).

**Example:**

    var name = "extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly";
    if (require("preferences-service").isSet(name)) {
      // ...
    }
</api>


<api name="reset">
@function
Clears a non-default, user-set value from the application preference
`name`. If no user-set value is defined on `name`, the function
does nothing.
@param name {string} Preference name.

**Example:**

    var name = "extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly";
    require("preferences-service").reset(name);
</api>
