I'm creating an android application and i'm trying to use a PreferenceActivity.

I'm getting the java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String error when it gets to this line return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getInt(USER_TERM, USER_TERM_DEF);

I thought it might be because I'm not converting it properly from it's string value in the EditText box to the int I need but I can't figure out how to fix this, or is that even the cause? I'm flummoxed.

Here's my preference activity class:

public class UserPrefs extends PreferenceActivity {
//option names and default vals
private static final String USER_TERM = "term_length";
private static final String USER_YEAR = "year_length";
private static final int USER_TERM_DEF = 12;
private static final int USER_YEAR_DEF = 34;

@Override 
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    addPreferencesFromResource(R.xml.preferences); 
}

public static int getTermLength(Context context){
    try{
    return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getInt(USER_TERM, USER_TERM_DEF);
    }catch (ClassCastException e){Log.v("getTermLength", "error::: " + e); }
    //return 1;//temporary, needed to catch the error and couldn't without adding a return outside the block.//
}
public static int getYearLength(Context context){
    return PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getInt(USER_YEAR, USER_YEAR_DEF);
}

And here's the bit of code where I'm trying to use the the preferences inside another class:

public float alterForFrequency(Context keypadContext, float enteredAmount, String spinnerPosition){

    int termLength = UserPrefs.getTermLength(keypadContext);
    int yearLength = UserPrefs.getYearLength(keypadContext);
}

The complete android logcat, i've uploaded here: http://freetexthost.com/v3t4ta3wbi