How can I wrap a method so that I can kill its execution if it exceeds a specified timeout?

Question

I have a method that I would like to call. However, I\'m looking for a clean, simple way to kill it or force it to return if it is taking too long to execute.

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Answer 1

You should take a look at these classes : FutureTask, Callable, Executors

Here is an example :

public class TimeoutExample {
    public static Object myMethod() {
        // does your thing and taking a long time to execute
        return someResult;
    }

    public static void main(final String[] args) {
        Callable