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

just modified a bit according to my requirement. time out is 10 seconds here. process is getting destroyed after 10 seconds if it is not exiting.

public static void main(String arg[]) {

    try {
        Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("\"C:/Program Files/VanDyke Software/SecureCRT/SecureCRT.exe\"");
        long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
        long timeoutInMillis = 1000L * 10; 
        long finish = now + timeoutInMillis; 
        while ( isAlive( p ) ) { 
            Thread.sleep( 10 ); 
            if ( System.currentTimeMillis() > finish ) {
                p.destroy();
            }
        }
    } catch (Exception err) {
        err.printStackTrace();
    }
}

public static boolean isAlive( Process p ) {  
    try {  
        p.exitValue();  
        return false;  
    } catch (IllegalThreadStateException e) {  
        return true;  
    }  
}