Class TempFileProvider
The contents of ALFRESCO_TEMP_FILE_DIR [%java.io.tmpdir%/Alfresco] are managed by this class. Temporary files and directories are cleaned by TempFileCleanerJob so that after a delay [default 1 hour] the contents of the alfresco temp dir, both files and directories are removed.
Some temporary files may need to live longer than 1 hour. The temp file provider allows special sub folders which are cleaned less frequently. By default, files in the long life folders will remain for 24 hours unless cleaned by the application code earlier.
The other contents of %java.io.tmpdir% are not touched by the cleaner job.
TempFileCleanerJob Job Data: protectHours, number of hours to keep temporary files, default 1 hour.
- Author:
- derekh, mrogers
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Nested Class Summary
Nested ClassesModifier and TypeClassDescriptionstatic class
Cleans up all Alfresco temporary files that are older than the given number of hours. -
Field Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionstatic File
createTempFile
(InputStream in, String namePrefix, String nameSufix) static File
createTempFile
(String prefix, String suffix) Create a temp file in the alfresco temp dir.static File
createTempFile
(String prefix, String suffix, File directory) static File
getLongLifeTempDir
(String key) creates a longer living temp dir.static File
Get the Java Temp dir e.g.static File
Get the Alfresco temp dir, by defaut %java.io.tempdir%/Alfresco.static File
getTempDir
(String dirName) Get the specified temp dir, %java.io.tempdir%/dirName.
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Field Details
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ALFRESCO_TEMP_FILE_DIR
subdirectory in the temp directory where Alfresco temporary files will go- See Also:
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ALFRESCO_LONG_LIFE_FILE_DIR
The prefix for the long life temporary files.- See Also:
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SYSTEM_KEY_TEMP_DIR
the system property key giving us the location of the temp directory- See Also:
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Method Details
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getSystemTempDir
Get the Java Temp dir e.g. java.io.tempdir- Returns:
- Returns the system temporary directory i.e.
isDir == true
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getTempDir
Get the Alfresco temp dir, by defaut %java.io.tempdir%/Alfresco. Will create the temp dir on the fly if it does not already exist.- Returns:
- Returns a temporary directory, i.e.
isDir == true
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getTempDir
Get the specified temp dir, %java.io.tempdir%/dirName. Will create the temp dir on the fly if it does not already exist.- Parameters:
dirName
- the name of sub-directory in %java.io.tempdir%- Returns:
- Returns a temporary directory, i.e.
isDir == true
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getLongLifeTempDir
creates a longer living temp dir. Files within the longer living temp dir will not be garbage collected as soon as "normal" temporary files. By default long life temp files will live for for 24 hours rather than 1 hour.Code using the longer life temporary files should be careful to clean up since abuse of this feature may result in out of memory/disk space errors.
- Parameters:
key
- can be blank in which case the system will generate a folder to be used by all processes or can be used to create a unique temporary folder name for a particular process. At the end of the process the client can simply delete the entire temporary folder.- Returns:
- the long life temporary directory
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createTempFile
public static File createTempFile(InputStream in, String namePrefix, String nameSufix) throws Exception - Throws:
Exception
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createTempFile
Create a temp file in the alfresco temp dir.- Returns:
- Returns a temp
File
that will be located in the Alfresco subdirectory of the default temp directory - See Also:
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createTempFile
- Returns:
- Returns a temp
File
that will be located in the given directory - See Also:
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