"

 COPYRIGHT (c) 2007 by eXept Software AG

              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used

 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the

 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not

 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any

 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is

 hereby transferred.

"

"{ Package: 'stx:libbasic' }"

Filename subclass:#AutoDeletedFilename

	instanceVariableNames:''

	classVariableNames:''

	poolDictionaries:''

	category:'System-Support'

!

!AutoDeletedFilename class methodsFor:'documentation'!

copyright

"

 COPYRIGHT (c) 2007 by eXept Software AG

              All Rights Reserved

 This software is furnished under a license and may be used

 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the

 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not

 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any

 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is

 hereby transferred.

"

!

documentation

"

    Used with temporary files - these will automatically delete themself,

    when no longer referenced.

    See -> Filename asAutoDeletedFilename

"

!

examples

"

    the following file will be automatically deleted after some time:

                                                    [exBegin]

    |f p|

    f := Filename newTemporary.

    f writeStream

        nextPutLine:'hello';

        close.

    p := f pathName.

    Transcript showCR:p.

    f := f asAutoDeletedFilename.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists).

    ObjectMemory collectGarbage.

    Delay waitForSeconds:2.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists).

    f := nil.

    ObjectMemory collectGarbage.

    Delay waitForSeconds:2.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists not).

                                                    [exEnd]

    you can also delete it manually:

                                                    [exBegin]

    |f p|

    f := Filename newTemporary.

    f writeStream

        nextPutLine:'hello';

        close.

    p := f pathName.

    Transcript showCR:p.

    f := f asAutoDeletedFilename.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists).

    ObjectMemory collectGarbage.

    Delay waitForSeconds:2.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists).

    f remove.

    f := nil.

    ObjectMemory collectGarbage.

    Delay waitForSeconds:2.

    self assert:(p asFilename exists not).

                                                    [exEnd]

"

! !

!AutoDeletedFilename methodsFor:'accessing'!

finalize

"/    Transcript showCR:'AutoDeletedFilename: deleting ', self pathName.

    super remove

!

setName:aString

    super setName:aString.

    self registerForFinalization    

! !

!AutoDeletedFilename methodsFor:'removing'!

remove

    super remove.

    self unregisterForFinalization

!

removeDirectory

    super removeDirectory.

    self unregisterForFinalization

!

removeFile

    super removeFile.

    self unregisterForFinalization

! !

!AutoDeletedFilename class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version

    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AutoDeletedFilename.st,v 1.3 2008-04-02 15:48:53 stefan Exp $'

! !