org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs
Class TempFile

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
      org.apache.tools.ant.Task
          org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.TempFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class TempFile
extends Task

This task sets a property to the name of a temporary file. Unlike File.createTempFile(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.io.File), 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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

target, taskName, taskType, wrapper

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

description, location, project

Constructor Summary

TempFile()

Method Summary

void	execute() Creates the temporary file.
boolean	isCreateFile() Learn whether createFile flag is set for this tempfile task.
boolean	isDeleteOnExit() Learn whether deleteOnExit is set for this tempfile task.
void	setCreateFile(boolean createFile) If set the file is actually created, if not just a name is created.
void	setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit) Set whether the tempfile created by this task should be set for deletion on normal VM exit.
void	setDestDir(java.io.File destDir) Sets the destination directory.
void	setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix) Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String property) Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to.
void	setSuffix(java.lang.String suffix) Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.Task

bindToOwner, getOwningTarget, getRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, getTaskName, getTaskType, getWrapper, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, handleInput, handleOutput, init, isInvalid, log, log, log, log, maybeConfigure, perform, reconfigure, setOwningTarget, setRuntimeConfigurableWrapper, setTaskName, setTaskType

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, setDescription, setLocation, setProject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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)

Sets the property you wish to assign the temporary file to.

Parameters:

property - The property to set

setDestDir

public void setDestDir(java.io.File destDir)

Sets the destination directory. If not set, the basedir directory is used instead.

Parameters:

destDir - The new destDir value

setPrefix

public void setPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

Sets the optional prefix string for the temp file.

Parameters:

prefix - string to prepend to generated string

setSuffix

public void setSuffix(java.lang.String suffix)

Sets the optional suffix string for the temp file.

Parameters:

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

setDeleteOnExit

public void setDeleteOnExit(boolean deleteOnExit)

Set whether the tempfile created by this task should be set for deletion on normal VM exit.

Parameters:

deleteOnExit - boolean flag.

isDeleteOnExit

public boolean isDeleteOnExit()

Learn whether deleteOnExit is set for this tempfile task.

Returns:

boolean deleteOnExit flag.

setCreateFile

public void setCreateFile(boolean createFile)

If set the file is actually created, if not just a name is created.

Parameters:

createFile - boolean flag.

isCreateFile

public boolean isCreateFile()

Learn whether createFile flag is set for this tempfile task.

Returns:

the createFile flag.

execute

public void execute()
             throws BuildException

Creates the temporary file.

Overrides:

execute in class Task

Throws:

BuildException - if something goes wrong with the build