Set timeout for completion of each thread

Question

i have a requirement where i need to start n threads and set timeout for completion of each thread.
if the thread is not executed successfully(because of timeout ) i have to enter in audit table that it failed because of timeout
if executed successfully update audit table with success.
can some one give me solution for this using ThreadPoolExecutor available jdk1.5

Answer 1

Add a scheduled task to time out the task (when it would time out). Keep the Future and cancel it if the task completes successfully.
final Future future = executor.schedule(new TimeoutTask(), timeoutMS, TimeUnit.MILLI_SECONDS);
executor.execute(new Runnable() {
  public void run() {
      try {
         task.run();
      } finally {
         future.cancel(true);
});