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017package org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider;
018
019import java.io.File;
020
021import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException;
022
023/**
024 * Manages a repository of temporary local files.
025 */
026public interface TemporaryFileStore {
027
028    /**
029     * Allocates a new temporary file. The file (and all its descendants) will be deleted when this store is closed.
030     *
031     * @param baseName The name of the file.
032     * @return The temporary file.
033     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
034     */
035    File allocateFile(String baseName) throws FileSystemException;
036}