1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.commons.vfs.provider; 17 18 import org.apache.commons.vfs.FileSystemException; 19 20 import java.io.File; 21 22 /** 23 * Manages a repository of temporary local files. 24 * 25 * @author <a HREF="mailto:adammurdoch@apache.org">Adam Murdoch</a> 26 */ 27 public interface TemporaryFileStore 28 { 29 /** 30 * Allocates a new temporary file. The file (and all its descendents) 31 * will be deleted when this store is closed. 32 * 33 * @param basename The name of the file. 34 */ 35 File allocateFile(String basename) throws FileSystemException; 36 } 37