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Deprecate Files.createTempDir(), noting that better alternatives exis…
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…t for Android as well as for users running Java 7 or later.

RELNOTES=`io`: Deprecated `Files.createTempDir()`.

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nick-someone authored and netdpb committed Aug 27, 2020
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions android/guava/src/com/google/common/io/Files.java
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* be exploited to create security vulnerabilities, especially when executable files are to be
* written into the directory.
*
* <p>Depending on the environmment that this code is run in, the system temporary directory (and
* thus the directory this method creates) may be more visible that a program would like - files
* written to this directory may be read or overwritten by hostile programs running on the same
* machine.
*
* <p>This method assumes that the temporary volume is writable, has free inodes and free blocks,
* and that it will not be called thousands of times per second.
*
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*
* @return the newly-created directory
* @throws IllegalStateException if the directory could not be created
* @deprecated For Android users, see the <a
* href="https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage" target="_blank">Data and File
* Storage overview</a> to select an appropriate temporary directory (perhaps {@code
* context.getCacheDir()}). For developers on Java 7 or later, use {@link
* java.nio.file.Files#createTempDirectory}, transforming it to a {@link File} using {@link
* java.nio.file.Path#toFile() toFile()} if needed.
*/
@Beta
@Deprecated
public static File createTempDir() {
File baseDir = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
@SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // reading system time without TimeSource
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions guava/src/com/google/common/io/Files.java
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* be exploited to create security vulnerabilities, especially when executable files are to be
* written into the directory.
*
* <p>Depending on the environmment that this code is run in, the system temporary directory (and
* thus the directory this method creates) may be more visible that a program would like - files
* written to this directory may be read or overwritten by hostile programs running on the same
* machine.
*
* <p>This method assumes that the temporary volume is writable, has free inodes and free blocks,
* and that it will not be called thousands of times per second.
*
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*
* @return the newly-created directory
* @throws IllegalStateException if the directory could not be created
* @deprecated For Android users, see the <a
* href="https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage" target="_blank">Data and File
* Storage overview</a> to select an appropriate temporary directory (perhaps {@code
* context.getCacheDir()}). For developers on Java 7 or later, use {@link
* java.nio.file.Files#createTempDirectory}, transforming it to a {@link File} using {@link
* java.nio.file.Path#toFile() toFile()} if needed.
*/
@Beta
@Deprecated
public static File createTempDir() {
File baseDir = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
@SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // reading system time without TimeSource
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