RFR: 8301302: Platform preferences API [v25]

[Michael Strauß]

> Please read [this document](https://gist.github.com/mstr2/9f46f92c98d3c86aa6a0b4224a9a6548) for an introduction to the Platform Preferences API, and how it interacts with the proposed style theme and stage appearance features.

Michael Strauß has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Add eager type checking for typed getters

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1014/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1014/files/6ec7e997..3cc29e94

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1014&range=24
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jfx&pr=1014&range=23-24

  Stats: 217 lines in 9 files changed: 191 ins; 0 del; 26 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1014.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jfx.git pull/1014/head:pull/1014

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1014