ExecutorService that interrupts tasks after a timeout

Question

I\'m looking for an ExecutorService implementation that can be provided with a timeout. Tasks that are submitted to the ExecutorService are interrupted if they take longer t

Answer 1

How about using the ExecutorService.shutDownNow() method as described in http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/ExecutorService.html? It seems to be the simplest solution.