1 /* 2 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 3 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 4 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 5 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 6 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 7 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 package org.apache.commons.vfs.provider; 18 19 import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException; 20 21 import java.io.File; 22 23 /*** 24 * Manages a repository of temporary local files. 25 * 26 * @author <a href="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a> 27 * @version $Revision: 480428 $ $Date: 2006-11-29 07:15:24 +0100 (Mi, 29 Nov 2006) $ 28 */ 29 public interface TemporaryFileStore 30 { 31 /*** 32 * Allocates a new temporary file. The file (and all its descendents) 33 * will be deleted when this store is closed. 34 * 35 * @param basename The name of the file. 36 */ 37 File allocateFile(String basename) throws FileSystemException; 38 }