Running a thread for a fixed period of time

[ronyb85]

Hello,

I am trying to find a way to run a thread for a fixed period of time and then to stop it.

For example, if the program will receive an input telling it to run some task for 5 seconds, it will create a new thread (for example containing an endless loop which prints something), and this thread will run for 5 seconds, printing, and then it will stop.

How can I do this?

Thanks :)

[KevinWorkman]

The most obvious way would be to check the elapsed time at the beginning of each loop iteration.

[ronyb85]

Thank you for your reply.
What is the method for checking the the elapsed time?

[KevinWorkman]

What did google tell you?

Hint: System (Java Platform SE 6)

[ronyb85]

Thanks again :)

[ronyb85]

Kevin thanks a lot again. I tried your method and it worked :)

Another question:
How can I enable the option to pause the thread, and then to resume it, so once the thread resumes to run that it will have the exact time left to run as it had before it was paused?