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//

// TemporaryFile.h

//

// $Id: //poco/1.3/Foundation/include/Poco/TemporaryFile.h#1 $

//

// Library: Foundation

// Package: Filesystem

// Module:  TemporaryFile

//

// Definition of the TemporaryFile class.

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#ifndef Foundation_TemporaryFile_INCLUDED

#define Foundation_TemporaryFile_INCLUDED

#include "Poco/Foundation.h"

#include "Poco/File.h"

namespace Poco {

class Foundation_API TemporaryFile: public File

        /// The TemporaryFile class helps with the handling

        /// of temporary files.

        /// A unique name for the temporary file is

        /// automatically chosen and the file is placed

        /// in the directory reserved for temporary

        /// files (see Path::temp()).

        /// Obtain the path by calling the path() method

        /// (inherited from File).

        ///

        /// The TemporaryFile class does not actually

        /// create the file - this is up to the application.

        /// The class does, however, delete the temporary

        /// file - either in the destructor, or immediately

        /// before the application terminates.

{

public:

        TemporaryFile();

                /// Creates the TemporaryFile.

        ~TemporaryFile();

                /// Destroys the TemporaryFile and

                /// deletes the corresponding file on

                /// disk unless keep() or keepUntilExit()

                /// has been called.

        void keep();

                /// Disables automatic deletion of the file in 

                /// the destructor.

        void keepUntilExit();

                /// Disables automatic deletion of the file in

                /// the destructor, but registers the file

                /// for deletion at process termination.

        static void registerForDeletion(const std::string& path);

                /// Registers the given file for deletion

                /// at process termination.

        static std::string tempName();

                /// Returns a unique path name for a temporary

                /// file in the system's scratch directory

                /// (see Path::temp()).

private:

        bool _keep;

};

} // namespace Poco

#endif // Foundation_TemporaryFile_INCLUDED