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package org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException;

/**
 * Manages a repository of temporary local files.
 */
public interface TemporaryFileStore {

    /**
     * Allocates a new temporary file. The file (and all its descendants) will be deleted when this store is closed.
     *
     * @param basename The name of the file.
     * @return The temporary file.
     * @throws FileSystemException if an error occurs.
     */
    File allocateFile(String basename) throws FileSystemException;
}