de.mklinger.commons.exec

Class NullFile

java.lang.Object

de.mklinger.commons.exec.NullFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable

public class NullFile
extends Object
implements Closeable

Access to a null file. On Unixoid systems, the native null device will be used. On other systems, a temporary file will be created that can be written to. In this case, the file will be deleted when cleanup() is called.

Author:

Marc Klinger - mklinger[at]mklinger[dot]de

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
	NullFile()
protected	NullFile(File nativeNull)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	cleanup() Cleanup any temporary files that this instance may use.
void	close() Cleanup any temporary files that this instance may use.
File	getFile()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NullFile

public NullFile()
         throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

NullFile

protected NullFile(File nativeNull)
            throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getFile

public File getFile()

cleanup

public void cleanup()

Cleanup any temporary files that this instance may use.

close

public void close()

Cleanup any temporary files that this instance may use. Equivalent to calling cleanup().

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable