The post also helpfully provides example code for such a manual timer:
try {
URLConnection con = urlObj.openConnection();
con.setConnectTimeout(5000);
con.setReadTimeout(5000);
new Thread(new InterruptThread(Thread.currentThread(), con)).start();
retVal = new Source(con);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("aborted parsing due to I/O: " + e.getMessage());
throw new IndexingException("aborted parsing due to timeout - " + aUrl);
}
public class InterruptThread implements Runnable {
Thread parent;
URLConnection con;
public InterruptThread(Thread parent, URLConnection con) {
this.parent = parent;
this.con = con;
}
public void run() {
try {
Thread.sleep(5000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
System.out.println("Timer thread forcing parent to quit connection");
((HttpURLConnection)con).disconnect();
System.out.println("Timer thread closed connection held by parent, exiting");
}
}
