com.microsoft.applicationinsights.internal.util

Class LocalFileSystemUtils

java.lang.Object

com.microsoft.applicationinsights.internal.util.LocalFileSystemUtils

public class LocalFileSystemUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Helper methods for dealing with files and folders.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LocalFileSystemUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	determineCurrentUserName() Attempts to find the login/sign-in name of the user.
static java.io.File	getTempDir() Finds a suitable folder to use for temporary files, while avoiding the risk of collision when multiple users are running applications that make use of Application Insights.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LocalFileSystemUtils

public LocalFileSystemUtils()

Method Detail

getTempDir

public static java.io.File getTempDir()

Finds a suitable folder to use for temporary files, while avoiding the risk of collision when multiple users are running applications that make use of Application Insights. See the third paragraph at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/uxsup/project/tmp-per-user/ for a great explanation of the motivation behind this method.

Returns:

a File representing a folder in which temporary files will be stored for the current user.

determineCurrentUserName

public static java.lang.String determineCurrentUserName()

Attempts to find the login/sign-in name of the user.

Returns:

the best guess at what the current user's login name is.