org.apache.commons.vfs.provider
Interface TemporaryFileStore

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultFileReplicator

public interface TemporaryFileStore

Manages a repository of temporary local files.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2010/03/25 10:29:01 $

Author:

Adam Murdoch

Method Summary

java.io.File

allocateFile(java.lang.String basename) Allocates a new temporary file.

Method Detail

allocateFile

java.io.File allocateFile(java.lang.String basename)
                          throws FileSystemException

Allocates a new temporary file. The file (and all its descendents) will be deleted when this store is closed.

Parameters:

basename - The name of the file.

Returns:

The temporary file.

Throws:

FileSystemException - if an error occurs.