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

Since Java 7 there is the new file API "NIO2" which contains new methods for creating temnp files and directories. See

• createTempDirectory
• createTempDirectory
• createTempFile
• createTempFile

e.g.

Path tempDir = Files.createTempDirectory("tempfiles");

or

Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile("tempfiles", ".tmp");