/**
* Creates a returns a temporary local file/directory with the same extension as the specified
* file/directory (guaranteed), and the same filename as much as possible (best effort). This
* method returns <code>null</code> if the temporary file/directory could not be created.
*
* @param nonLocalFile the non-local file for which to create a temporary file.
* @return a temporary local file/directory with the same extension as the specified
* file/directory
*/
protected LocalFile createTempLocalFile(AbstractFile nonLocalFile) {
try {
// Note: the returned temporary file may be an AbstractArchiveFile if the filename's extension
// corresponds
// to a registered archive format
LocalFile tempFile =
FileFactory.getTemporaryFile(nonLocalFile.getName(), false).getAncestor(LocalFile.class);
// create a directory
if (nonLocalFile.isDirectory()) {
tempFile.mkdir();
} else { // create a regular file
tempFile.getOutputStream().close();
}
return tempFile;
} catch (IOException e) {
return null;
}
}
