## 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

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, handleErrorFlush, handleErrorOutput, handleFlush, 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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