Java file delete on exit

This section demonstrates you the use of the method deleteOnExit().

Description of code:

While creating an application, sometimes you require to hold the data in a temporary file. The java.io.* package provides the method createTempFile() to create a temporary  file and you can delete it using the method deleteOnExit(). This method delete the file when the program terminates.

createTempFile()- This method of File class create temporary  file.

deleteOnExit()- This method of File class requests that the file or directory be deleted when the virtual machine terminates.

Here is the code:

import java.io.*;

public class FileDeleteOnExit {
	public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
		File temp = File.createTempFile("file", ".tmp");
		temp.deleteOnExit();
	}
}

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