How do I get FutureTask to return after TimeoutException?

Question

In the code below, I'm catching a TimeoutException after 100 seconds as intended. At this point I would expect the code to exit from main and the program to terminate but it keeps printing to the console. How do I get the task to stop executing after timeout?

private static final ExecutorService THREAD_POOL = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();

private static <T> T timedCall(Callable<T> c, long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    FutureTask<T> task = new FutureTask<T>(c);
    THREAD_POOL.execute(task);
    return task.get(timeout, timeUnit);
}


public static void main(String[] args) {

    try {
        int returnCode = timedCall(new Callable<Integer>() {
            public Integer call() throws Exception {
                for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
                    System.out.println(new java.util.Date());
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                }
                return 0;
            }
        }, 100, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return;
    }


}

Answer 1

You need to cancel your task on timeout (and interrupt its thread). That's what cancel(true) method is for. :

private static final ExecutorService THREAD_POOL = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();

private static <T> T timedCall(FutureTask<T> task, long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
    THREAD_POOL.execute(task);
    return task.get(timeout, timeUnit);
}


public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            FutureTask<Integer> task = new FutureTask<Integer>(new Callable<Integer>() {
                public Integer call() throws Exception {
                        for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
                                if (Thread.interrupted()) return 1;
                                System.out.println(new java.util.Date());
                                Thread.sleep(1000);
                        }
                        return 0;
                }
            });
            int returnCode = timedCall(task, 100, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                task.cancel(true);
        }
        return;
}