uk.me.nxg.enormity.util
Enum FileMaker

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<FileMaker>
      uk.me.nxg.enormity.util.FileMaker

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<FileMaker>

public enum FileMaker
extends Enum<FileMaker>

Creates temporary files on demand. This is different from File.createTempFile because we want to be able to create named pipes, too, and we might as well combine the functionality, so there's just one place to clean up. That said, the functionality that requires the named pipes isn't working right now, so this isn't exercised. FIXME: rather than worry about having to clear up the temporary directory, the tempFileName() method here simply uses the File.createTempFile() method, making this whole class a bit redundant. However I do hope in future to work out why the named pipes aren't working, and so to resurrect this. When that happens, it might be worth moving makeWorkDirectory back into the constructor, and making tempDir and pipeQueue final again.

Enum Constant Summary

INSTANCE

Method Summary

static FileMaker	getInstance()
File	getNamedPipe()
void	releaseNamedPipe(File fifo)
File	tempFileName()
static FileMaker	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static FileMaker[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

INSTANCE

public static final FileMaker INSTANCE

Method Detail

values

public static FileMaker[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (FileMaker c : FileMaker.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static FileMaker valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getInstance

public static final FileMaker getInstance()

tempFileName

public File tempFileName()
                  throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getNamedPipe

public File getNamedPipe()

releaseNamedPipe

public void releaseNamedPipe(File fifo)