org.apache.poi.util

Class TempFile

java.lang.Object

org.apache.poi.util.TempFile

public final class TempFile
extends java.lang.Object

Interface for creating temporary files. Collects them all into one directory by default.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	TempFile.DefaultTempFileCreationStrategy Default implementation of the TempFileCreationStrategy used by TempFile: Files are collected into one directory and by default are deleted on exit from the VM.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TempFile()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.io.File	createTempFile(java.lang.String prefix, java.lang.String suffix) Creates a new and empty temporary file.
static void	setTempFileCreationStrategy(TempFileCreationStrategy strategy) Configures the strategy used by createTempFile(String, String) to create the temporary files.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TempFile

public TempFile()

Method Detail

setTempFileCreationStrategy

public static void setTempFileCreationStrategy(TempFileCreationStrategy strategy)

Configures the strategy used by createTempFile(String, String) to create the temporary files.

Parameters:

strategy - The new strategy to be used to create the temporary files.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - When the given strategy is null.

createTempFile

public static java.io.File createTempFile(java.lang.String prefix,
                                          java.lang.String suffix)
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new and empty temporary file. By default, files are collected into one directory and are deleted on exit from the VM, although they can be kept by defining the system property poi.keep.tmp.files (see TempFile.DefaultTempFileCreationStrategy).

Don't forget to close all files or it might not be possible to delete them.

Parameters:

prefix - The prefix to be used to generate the name of the temporary file.

suffix - The suffix to be used to generate the name of the temporary file.

Returns:

The path to the newly created and empty temporary file.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If no temporary file could be created.