java - Set a Timeout to a Thread Class -

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i have thread class , want set timeout inside after 10 sec.

how been made?

class:

public class httpconnection extends thread{      list<namevaluepair> list;     string url;     handler handler;  public httpconnection(list<namevaluepair> params, string url, handler handler) {      this.list = params;     this.url = url;     this.handler = handler;  } @override public void run() {     try     {         httpclient httpclient = new defaulthttpclient();         httppost httppost = new httppost(url);         string result;         bufferedreader in = null;                   httppost.setentity(new urlencodedformentity(this.list));                // execute http post request             httpresponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);             if(response != null){                 in = new bufferedreader(new inputstreamreader(response.getentity().getcontent()));                  stringbuffer sb = new stringbuffer("");                 string line = "";                 string nl = system.getproperty("line.separator");                 while ((line = in.readline()) != null) {                     sb.append(line + nl);                 }                 in.close();                 message msg = message.obtain();                  if ((result = sb.tostring()) != null)                 {                      msg.obj = result;                     }                 else                 {                     msg.obj = null;                     throw new exception("error");                 }                 handler.sendmessage(msg);              }     }     catch (exception e)     {       log.e("xxx", e.getmessage());     }      super.run(); }   } 

in java should able use threadpoolexecutor's awaittermination method set timeout. whichever class creating , executing thread should able call awaittermination on executor 10 seconds. trying (set timeout on or within thread)?

threadpoolexecutor.awaittermination(10, timeunit.seconds);