How to specify timeout to a thread?

There can be multiple ways to stop a thread after certain time period. I choose below approach.

Just interrupt the thread, when thread reaches to specified time.

Step 1: Create TimerTask that interrupts the thread after given time.

TimeoutTask.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.util.TimerTask;

public class TimeoutTask extends TimerTask {
 Thread thread;

 TimeoutTask(Thread thread) {
  this.thread = thread;
 }

 public void run() {
  if (thread != null && thread.isAlive()) {
   thread.interrupt();
  }
 }

}

Step 2: Create runnable task that schedules the timer task before starting execution.

MyTask.java

package com.sample.app;

import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class MyTask implements Runnable {
 private long timeoutInSeconds;
 Timer timer;

 MyTask(long timeoutInSeconds) {
  this.timeoutInSeconds = timeoutInSeconds;
  timer = new Timer(true);
 }

 @Override
 public void run() {
  timer.schedule(new TimeoutTask(Thread.currentThread()), timeoutInSeconds * 1000);
  int count = 0;
  while (true) {
   count++;
   try {
    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1);
    System.out.println("Executed for " + count + " seconds");
   } catch (InterruptedException e) {
    System.out.println("Task interrupted");
    break;
   }
  }
 }

}

App.java

package com.sample.app;

public class App {

 public static void main(String args[]) {
  // Set the time out for task
  MyTask task = new MyTask(5);
  Thread thread = new Thread(task);

  thread.start();

 }

}

Run App.java, you will see below messages in console.

Executed for 1 seconds
Executed for 2 seconds
Executed for 3 seconds
Executed for 4 seconds
Task interrupted

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