Question

I have a java application which calls a third party method, which can block indefinitely without throwing an exception.

Is it possible to wrap my method call in a timeout block (or thread, or other construct) such that I get back control after I assume the call is never returning?

Answer 1

The ThreadPoolExecutor should do what you need. Using the awaitTermination method:

Blocks until all tasks have completed execution after a shutdown
request, or the timeout occurs, or the current thread is interrupted,
whichever happens first.