java native Process timeout

Question

At the moment I execute a native process using the following:

java.lang.Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command); 
int returnCode = process.waitF         


        

Answer 1

What about the Groovy way

public void yourMethod() {
    ...
    Process process = new ProcessBuilder(...).start(); 
    //wait 5 secs or kill the process
    waitForOrKill(process, TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5));
    ...
}

public static void waitForOrKill(Process self, long numberOfMillis) {
    ProcessRunner runnable = new ProcessRunner(self);
    Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
    thread.start();
    runnable.waitForOrKill(numberOfMillis);
}

protected static class ProcessRunner implements Runnable {
    Process process;
    private boolean finished;

    public ProcessRunner(Process process) {
        this.process = process;
    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            process.waitFor();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            // Ignore
        }
        synchronized (this) {
            notifyAll();
            finished = true;
        }
    }

    public synchronized void waitForOrKill(long millis) {
        if (!finished) {
            try {
                wait(millis);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                // Ignore
            }
            if (!finished) {
                process.destroy();
            }
        }
    }
}