string - Set running time limit on a method in java

Question

I have a method that returns a String.

Is it possible that after a certain time, if threshold is excedeed for that method, to return some specific string?

Answer 1

The Guava library has a very nice TimeLimiter that lets you do this on any method that's defined by an interface. It can generate a proxy for your object that has a "built-in" timeout.