Java Utililty Methods Temp Directory Create

File createTempDir()
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);

File createTempDir()
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() + "");

Path createTempDir(final String prefix)
create Temp Dir

try {
 return Files.createTempDirectory(prefix);
} catch (IOException ex) {
 ex.printStackTrace();
return null;

File createTempDir(String prefix)
create Temp Dir

return createTempDir(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), prefix);

Path createTempDir(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;

File createTempDir(String suffix)
create Temp Dir

mkdirs(TMP);
File tmpFile = File.createTempFile("tmpdir-", suffix, TMP);
deleteFile(tmpFile);
mkdirs(tmpFile);
return tmpFile;

Path createTempDirectory()
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) {
...

File createTempDirectory()
create Temp Directory

try {
 final File directory = Files.createTempDirectory("sqs").toFile();
 directory.deleteOnExit(); 
 return directory;
} catch (IOException e) {
 throw Throwables.propagate(e);

File createTempDirectory()
create Temp Directory

final File temp;
temp = Files.createTempDirectory("advtmp").toFile();
return temp;

File createTempDirectory(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();