Method writeTempFile

src/main/java/gate/util/Files.java:192–217

Writes a temporary file into the default temporary directory, form an InputStream a unique ID is generated and associated automaticaly with the file name...

(InputStream contentStream)

    * with the file name...
    */
  public static File writeTempFile(InputStream contentStream)
          throws IOException {

    File resourceFile = null;
    FileOutputStream resourceFileOutputStream = null;

    try {
      // create a temporary file name
      resourceFile = File.createTempFile("gateResource", ".tmp");
      resourceFileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(resourceFile);
      resourceFile.deleteOnExit();

      if(contentStream == null) return resourceFile;

      int bytesRead = 0;
      final int readSize = 1024;
      byte[] bytes = new byte[readSize];
      while((bytesRead = contentStream.read(bytes, 0, readSize)) != -1)
        resourceFileOutputStream.write(bytes, 0, bytesRead);
    } finally {
      IOUtils.closeQuietly(resourceFileOutputStream);
      IOUtils.closeQuietly(contentStream);
    }

    return resourceFile;
  }// writeTempFile()

  /**
    * Writes aString into a temporary file located inside