Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2000-2006 DFKI GmbH. * All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms. * <p/> * This file is part of MARY TTS. * <p/> * MARY TTS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. * <p/> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * <p/> * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Timer; import java.util.TimerTask; public class Main { private static Timer maintenanceTimer = new Timer(true); /** * Create a temporary file that will be deleted after a specified number of seconds. * The file will be deleted regardless of whether it is still used or not, * so be sure to specify a sufficiently large value. * * @param lifetimeInSeconds the number of seconds after which the file will be * deleted -- e.g., 3600 means that the file will be deleted one hour after creation. * @return the File that was created. * @throws IOException */ public static File createSelfDeletingTempFile(int lifetimeInSeconds) throws IOException { final File f = File.createTempFile("mary", "temp"); maintenanceTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() { @Override public void run() { f.delete(); } }, lifetimeInSeconds * 1000l); return f; } }