Resource manager: manages a file with unique name. More...

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Public Types
enum	action_type { REMOVE_AFTER, KEEP_AFTER, REMOVE_NOW, REMOVE_AND_DISOWN }

Public Member Functions
	unique_file (const std::string &prefix, action_type action=KEEP_AFTER)
	Generates a random file name with a given prefix. More...

const std::string &	name () const
	Returns temporary file name. More...

	~unique_file ()
	Closes and optionally deletes the file. More...

Detailed Description

Resource manager: manages a file with unique name.

Definition at line 17 of file unique_file.hpp.

Member Enumeration Documentation

Enumerator
REMOVE_AFTER	Remove the file when destroying the object.
KEEP_AFTER	Keep the file when destroying the object.
REMOVE_NOW	Remove the file after constructing the object, remove when destructing too.
REMOVE_AND_DISOWN	Remove the file after constructing the object only.

Definition at line 19 of file unique_file.hpp.

alps::testing::unique_file::unique_file	(	const std::string &	prefix,
		unique_file::action_type	action = `KEEP_AFTER`
	)

explicit

Generates a random file name with a given prefix.

Parameters

prefix	The file prefix
action	Whether to delete file in dtor

Warning: This method cannot ensure that the file name is indeed unique by the time the name is actually used.; Current implementation actually creates a file and then closes it.

Definition at line 27 of file unique_file.cpp.

alps::testing::unique_file::~unique_file ( )

Closes and optionally deletes the file.

Definition at line 44 of file unique_file.cpp.

const std::string& alps::testing::unique_file::name ( ) const

inline

Returns temporary file name.

Definition at line 38 of file unique_file.hpp.

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