001    /*
002     * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 SonarSource
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
017     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
018     * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
019     */
020    package org.sonar.api.utils;
021    
022    import org.sonar.api.ServerComponent;
023    import org.sonar.api.task.TaskComponent;
024    
025    import javax.annotation.Nullable;
026    
027    import java.io.File;
028    
029    /**
030     * Use this component to deal with temp files/folders. Root location of temp files/folders
031     * depends on situation:
032     * <ul>
033     * <li>${SONAR_HOME}/temp on server side</li>
034     * <li>Working directory on batch side (see sonar.working.directory)</li>
035     * </ul>
036     * @since 4.0
037     *
038     */
039    public interface TempFolder extends TaskComponent, ServerComponent {
040    
041      /**
042       * Create a directory in temp folder with a random unique name.
043       */
044      File newDir();
045    
046      /**
047       * Create a directory in temp folder using provided name.
048       */
049      File newDir(String name);
050    
051      File newFile();
052    
053      File newFile(@Nullable String prefix, @Nullable String suffix);
054    
055    }