Close a blocking wait thrad by another thread

Question

Hi all
I have a lookup method which makes a blocking wait and I want to close this lookup if the content not available for 10 seconds.
What I have done is put this lookup in a thread(LookupThread) and used separate thread(TimeCheckThread) for calculate the elapsed time.
This is my idea
public class LookupThread extends Thread
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    boolean closed = false;
    public TimeCheckThread getTimeChecker()
        return new TimeCheckThread();
    public void run()
        lookMethod(); // this is the blocking wait
    public class TimeCheckThread extends Thread
        long startTime = cal.getTimeInMillis();
        public void run()
            // strted looking for elapsed time
            while(true)
                cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                if(cal.getTimeInMillis()-startTime > 10000 & !closed)
                    // if 10 seconds elapsed close the thread which makes the blocking wait
                    LookupThread.super.stop();
                    closed = true;
                    // to exit from time check thread
                    break;
    public static void main(String args[])
        LookupThread v = new LookupThread();
        v.getTimeChecker().start();
        v.start();
}The problem is closing of thread is deprecated.
LookupThread.super.stop();So any idea to handle those blocking wait situations and assign a return time other than this approach?

Answer 1

WirajR wrote:
Also TimeCheckThread eats of CPU time for 10 seconds use a java.util.Timer instead
>Also TimeCheckThread eats of CPU time for 10 seconds use a java.util.Timer instead
Hi
I think this is the most suit to my requirement. Totally different way, but acceptable.
To EJP
Ur solution seems great to replace following code segment
public class TimeCheckThread extends Thread
        long startTime = cal.getTimeInMillis();
        public void run()
            // strted looking for elapsed time
            while(true)
                cal = Calendar.getInstance();
                if(cal.getTimeInMillis()-startTime > 10000 & !closed)
                    // if 10 seconds elapsed close the thread which makes the blocking wait
                    LookupThread.super.stop();
                    closed = true;
                    // to exit from time check thread
                    break;
    }like following
public class TimeCheckThread extends Thread
       public void run()
                    TimeCheckThread.sleep(10000);
                    LookupThread.super.stop();
}To Peter__Lawrey
Why don't you make the blocking lookup block for only 10 seconds?Any idea to implement such blocking lookup block?
My blocking operation is a looking for RTP video stream. It waits until server sends the video