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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.test.utils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.util.FileUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods intended to be used in unit tests that manipulate files
+ */
+public class TestFileUtils
+{
+    private static final String SYSTEM_TMP_DIR = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+
+    /**
+     * Create and return a temporary directory that will be deleted on exit.
+     */
+    public static File createTestDirectory()
+    {
+        String dirNameStem = TestFileUtils.class.getSimpleName() + "-testDir";
+        return createTestDirectory(dirNameStem, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an empty directory with a name like /tmp/dirNameStem-12345678
+     */
+    public static File createTestDirectory(String dirNameStem, boolean deleteOnExit)
+    {
+        File testDir = new File(SYSTEM_TMP_DIR, dirNameStem + "-" + System.currentTimeMillis());
+        if (testDir.exists())
+        {
+            FileUtils.delete(testDir, true);
+        }
+
+        testDir.mkdirs();
+
+        if (deleteOnExit)
+        {
+            testDir.deleteOnExit();
+        }
+
+        return testDir;
+    }
+}