Timeout for "new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in));"

Question

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in));
String message = in.readLine();  The above code waits infinitely until the user enter the data from the command line and presses enter key.
The following code can provide a timeout to the above waiting (it works fine).
But is there a SIMPLER WAY to provide timeout for above waiting, something like setSoTimeout(int milliseconds) method in DatagramSocket, Socket and ServerSocket classes*?*
http://www.coderanch.com/t/232213/threads/java/implement-timeout-threads
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import java.util.Timer;  
import java.util.TimerTask;  
import java.io.*; 
public class test{  
private String str = "";  
     TimerTask task = new TimerTask(){  
             public void run(){  
          if( str.equals("") ){  
               System.out.println( "you input nothing. exit..." );  
               System.exit( 0 );  
     public void getInput() throws Exception{  
          Timer timer = new Timer();  
          timer.schedule( task, 10*1000 );  
          System.out.println( "Input a string within 10 seconds: " );  
          BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(  
               new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );  
          str = in.readLine();  
          timer.cancel();  
          System.out.println( "you have entered: "+ str );   
     public static void main( String[] args ){  
          try{  
               (new test()).getInput();
          }catch( Exception e ){  
               System.out.println( e );  
          System.out.println( "main exit..." );  
}

Answer 1

No. System.in doesn't have a timeout API. Sockets do.