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A method used AnyMethod(java.io.File , java.io.File ) signature
I have InputStream and string of the data in the file as I  create them on the fly and there is no "file" in the server.
How do I pass the InputStream/string to the method with the above signature.

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I am using FOP and it uses xml and fo .
To emberd itin a servelt and convert to PDF it uses

 XSLTInputHandler inputHandler = new XSLTInputHandler(xmlFile, xslFile);

where the xmlFile, xslFile are java.io.File, I have the XML and XSL as InputStreams / strings in my servers memory as they are generated dynamically, how to pass them

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Create a file from this input stream:

FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("myfile.pdf"));
// get the bytes from the input stream
fos.write(<bytes>);
fos.flush();
fos.close();

Then use this file (myfile.pdf) to pass it in the method.
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FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("myfile.pdf"));

1. when I do something like this , would not I run into concurrency issues in the servlet because of the file name, so to make it use I need to give each file a unique file name (say system time - any other ideas)

2. Also I need to keep deleting the files to take care of memory issues.

I am currently doing the above both

Out of curiosity
Is this the only way ...or is there any other method
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