What is a safe way to create a Temp file in Java?

Question

I\'m looking for a safe way to create a temp file in Java. By safe, I mean the following:

• Name should be unique, even under potential race co

Answer 1

Use File.createTempFile().

File tempFile = File.createTempFile("prefix-", "-suffix");
//File tempFile = File.createTempFile("MyAppName-", ".tmp");
tempFile.deleteOnExit();

Will create a file in the temp dir, like:

prefix-6340763779352094442-suffix