TempFile (Apache Ant API)

org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class TempFile


java.lang.Object

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public class TempFile
extends Task

This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. Unlike the Java1.2 method to create a temporary file, this task does work on Java1.1. Also, it does not 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
Author:
steve loughran

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
description, location, target, taskName, taskType, wrapper
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
project
 
Constructor Summary
TempFile()
           
 
Method Summary
 void execute()
          create the temp file
 void setDestDir(java.io.File destDir)
          destination directory.
 void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
          optional prefix string
 void setProperty(java.lang.String property)
          The property you wish to assign the temporary file to
 void setSuffix(java.lang.String suffix)
          Suffix string for the temp file (optional)
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task
getDescription, getLocation, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, handleErrorOutput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, setDescription, setLocation, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
getProject, setProject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

TempFile


public TempFile()
Method Detail

setProperty


public void setProperty(java.lang.String property)
The property you wish to assign the temporary file to

Parameters:
property - The property to set

setDestDir


public void setDestDir(java.io.File destDir)
destination directory. If null, the parent directory is used instead

Parameters:
destDir - The new destDir value

setPrefix


public void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)
optional prefix string

Parameters:
prefix - string to prepend to generated string

setSuffix


public void setSuffix(java.lang.String suffix)
Suffix string for the temp file (optional)

Parameters:
suffix - suffix including any "." , e.g ".xml"

execute


public void execute()
             throws BuildException
create the temp file

Overrides:
execute in class Task
Throws:
BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build


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