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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;

/**
 * 

* Executes a task with a specified timeout. *

* @author Ortwin Glück * @author Mike Bowler * @version $Revision: 1.4.2.1 $ * @since 2.0 */ public final class TimeoutController { /** * Do not instantiate objects of this class. Methods are static. */ private TimeoutController() { } /** * Executes task. Waits for timeout * milliseconds for the task to end and returns. If the task does not return * in time, the thread is interrupted and an Exception is thrown. * The caller should override the Thread.interrupt() method to something that * quickly makes the thread die or use Thread.isInterrupted(). * @param task The thread to execute * @param timeout The timeout in milliseconds. 0 means to wait forever. * @throws TimeoutException if the timeout passes and the thread does not return. */ public static void execute(Thread task, long timeout) throws TimeoutException { task.start(); try { task.join(timeout); } catch (InterruptedException e) { /* if somebody interrupts us he knows what he is doing */ } if (task.isAlive()) { task.interrupt(); throw new TimeoutException(); } } /** * Executes task in a new deamon Thread and waits for the timeout. * @param task The task to execute * @param timeout The timeout in milliseconds. 0 means to wait forever. * @throws TimeoutException if the timeout passes and the thread does not return. */ public static void execute(Runnable task, long timeout) throws TimeoutException { Thread t = new Thread(task, "Timeout guard"); t.setDaemon(true); execute(t, timeout); } /** * Signals that the task timed out. */ public static class TimeoutException extends Exception { /** Create an instance */ public TimeoutException() { } } }
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