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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;
/**
* <p>
* Executes a task with a specified timeout.
* </p>
* @author Ortwin Glueck
* @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a>
* @version $Revision: 480424 $
* @since 2.0
*/
public final class TimeoutController {
/**
* Do not instantiate objects of this class. Methods are static.
*/
private TimeoutController() {
}
/**
* Executes <code>task</code>. Waits for <code>timeout</code>
* 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 <code>task</code> 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() {
}
}
}