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package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
import org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils;

This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. Unlike File.createTempFile, this task does not (by default) actually create the temporary file, but it does guarantee that the file did not exist when the task was executed.

Examples

<tempfile property="temp.file" />
create a temporary file
<tempfile property="temp.file" suffix=".xml" />
create a temporary file with the .xml suffix.
<tempfile property="temp.file" destDir="build"/>
create a temp file in the build subdir
Since: Ant 1.5
@ant.task
/** * This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. * Unlike {@link File#createTempFile}, this task does not (by default) actually create the * temporary file, but it does guarantee that the file did not * exist when the task was executed. * <p> * Examples * <pre>&lt;tempfile property="temp.file" /&gt;</pre> * create a temporary file * <pre>&lt;tempfile property="temp.file" suffix=".xml" /&gt;</pre> * create a temporary file with the .xml suffix. * <pre>&lt;tempfile property="temp.file" destDir="build"/&gt;</pre> * create a temp file in the build subdir * @since Ant 1.5 * @ant.task */
public class TempFile extends Task { private static final FileUtils FILE_UTILS = FileUtils.getFileUtils();
Name of property to set.
/** * Name of property to set. */
private String property;
Directory to create the file in. Can be null.
/** * Directory to create the file in. Can be null. */
private File destDir = null;
Prefix for the file.
/** * Prefix for the file. */
private String prefix;
Suffix for the file.
/** * Suffix for the file. */
private String suffix = "";
deleteOnExit flag
/** deleteOnExit flag */
private boolean deleteOnExit;
createFile flag
/** createFile flag */
private boolean createFile;
Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to.
Params:
  • property – The property to set
@ant.attributegroup="required"
/** * Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to. * * @param property The property to set * @ant.attribute group="required" */
public void setProperty(String property) { this.property = property; }
Sets the destination directory. If not set, the basedir directory is used instead.
Params:
  • destDir – The new destDir value
/** * Sets the destination directory. If not set, * the basedir directory is used instead. * * @param destDir The new destDir value */
public void setDestDir(File destDir) { this.destDir = destDir; }
Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file.
Params:
  • prefix – string to prepend to generated string
/** * Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file. * * @param prefix string to prepend to generated string */
public void setPrefix(String prefix) { this.prefix = prefix; }
Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file.
Params:
  • suffix – suffix including any ".", e.g ".xml"
/** * Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file. * * @param suffix suffix including any ".", e.g ".xml" */
public void setSuffix(String suffix) { this.suffix = suffix; }
Set whether the tempfile created by this task should be set for deletion on normal VM exit.
Params:
  • deleteOnExit – boolean flag.
/** * Set whether the tempfile created by this task should be set * for deletion on normal VM exit. * @param deleteOnExit boolean flag. */
public void setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit) { this.deleteOnExit = deleteOnExit; }
Learn whether deleteOnExit is set for this tempfile task.
Returns:boolean deleteOnExit flag.
/** * Learn whether deleteOnExit is set for this tempfile task. * @return boolean deleteOnExit flag. */
public boolean isDeleteOnExit() { return deleteOnExit; }
If set the file is actually created, if not just a name is created.
Params:
  • createFile – boolean flag.
/** * If set the file is actually created, if not just a name is created. * @param createFile boolean flag. */
public void setCreateFile(boolean createFile) { this.createFile = createFile; }
Learn whether createFile flag is set for this tempfile task.
Returns:the createFile flag.
/** * Learn whether createFile flag is set for this tempfile task. * @return the createFile flag. */
public boolean isCreateFile() { return createFile; }
Creates the temporary file.
Throws:
  • BuildException – if something goes wrong with the build
/** * Creates the temporary file. * * @exception BuildException if something goes wrong with the build */
@Override public void execute() throws BuildException { if (property == null || property.isEmpty()) { throw new BuildException("no property specified"); } if (destDir == null) { destDir = getProject().resolveFile("."); } File tfile = FILE_UTILS.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, destDir, deleteOnExit, createFile); getProject().setNewProperty(property, tfile.toString()); } }