Java set timeout for URL.openStream()

Question

I have a simple code that reads a line from a URL text file:

url = new URL(address);
Scanner s = new Scanner(url.openStream());
s.nextLine();

But the URL server is a bit slow and takes a few seconds to respond. Whcih I think is the reason why it throws an exception:

java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found
    at java.util.Scanner.nextLine(Scanner.java:1651) ~[?:?]
    at process.RunMe(MyFile2.java:115) [classes/:?]
    at process.Detect(MyFile2.java:31) [classes/:?]
    at Scheduler.PostHandler$3.run(MyFile.java:160) [classes/:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515) [?:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) [?:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) [?:?]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) [?:?]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834) [?:?]

How can I set a timeout for my code, or convert it to a way that I can set a timeout?

Answer 1

Scanner::hasNextLine

Always use it before using Scanner::nextLine to avoid NoSuchElementException.

Example:

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class ReadURL {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL("http://www.example.com/");
        Scanner s = new Scanner(url.openStream());
        while (s.hasNextLine()) {
            String str = s.nextLine();
            System.out.println(str);
        }
        s.close();
    }
}