Java Utililty Methods Temp Directory Create

List of utility methods to do Temp Directory Create

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Description

The list of methods to do Temp Directory Create are organized into topic(s).

Method

FilecreateTempDir()
Create a temporary directory. 
File baseDir = getTempDirectory();
try {
    return Files.createTempDirectory(baseDir.toPath(), "tmpdir").toFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw new IllegalStateException("Error while creating temporary directory", e);
FilecreateTempDir()
Guava's method, moved here to avoid a huge dependency TODO: maybe switch to JDK 7 to use its java.nio.file.Files#createTempDirectory() 
return getTempDir(System.currentTimeMillis() + "");
PathcreateTempDir(final String prefix)
create Temp Dir 
try {
    return Files.createTempDirectory(prefix);
} catch (IOException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
return null;
FilecreateTempDir(String prefix)
create Temp Dir 
return createTempDir(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), prefix);
PathcreateTempDir(String subdirectory)
create Temp Dir 
String systemTmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
Path tempDirPath = Paths.get(systemTmpDir, subdirectory);
if (Files.notExists(tempDirPath)) {
    return Files.createDirectory(tempDirPath);
} else {
    return tempDirPath;
FilecreateTempDir(String suffix)
create Temp Dir 
mkdirs(TMP);
File tmpFile = File.createTempFile("tmpdir-", suffix, TMP);
deleteFile(tmpFile);
mkdirs(tmpFile);
return tmpFile;
PathcreateTempDirectory()
Creates a new temp directory in the java temp folder. 
final File parent = new File(getTempDirValue());
if (!parent.exists() || !parent.canWrite()) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Cannot access temporary directory under: " + getTempDirValue());
File child;
try {
    child = Files.createTempDirectory(parent.toPath(), null).toFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
...
FilecreateTempDirectory()
create Temp Directory 
try {
    final File directory = Files.createTempDirectory("sqs").toFile();
    directory.deleteOnExit(); 
    return directory;
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw Throwables.propagate(e);
FilecreateTempDirectory()
create Temp Directory 
final File temp;
temp = Files.createTempDirectory("advtmp").toFile();
return temp;
FilecreateTempDirectory(File parent, String prefix)
Create temporary directory and use specified parent. 
if (parent == null) {
    parent = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
return Files.createTempDirectory(parent.toPath(), prefix).toFile();