public static File createEmptyZipFile(String prefix){
  try {
    return File.createTempFile(prefix,".zip");
  }
 catch (  final IOException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(MSGS.format(Messages.ERROR_CREATING_ZIP_1,prefix + ".zip"),e);
  }
}

public static File createEmptyZipFile ( String prefix ) { try { return File . createTempFile ( prefix , ".zip" ) ; } catch ( final IOException e ) { throw new RuntimeException ( MSGS . format ( Messages . ERROR_CREATING_ZIP_1 , prefix + ".zip" ) , e ) ; } }
creates the empty zip file .
