Hi,

let's look at the following:

    class GetConnection extends Thread
    {
          Connection  con = null;
              boolean done = false;

        public void run()
        {
            try{
                con = DriverManager.getConnection(...);
                //notifyAll();
                               done = true;
            }
            catch(Exception e){}
        }

        synchronized Connection getConnection()
        {
            return con;
        }
        synchronized boolean getDone()
        {
            return done;
        }
    }

questions:
supposed in some cases it may take up to 10-20 seconds to get the
connection while other cases just takes 1-3 seconds.
what can I code in caller method, so that
1. if in 5 seconds, interrupte GetConnection thread if it has not yet
finished;
2. preventing "done" being written while trying to interrupt this
thread.

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Thanks
John
Toronto