# = timeout.rb # # execution timeout # # = Synopsis # # require 'timeout' # status = Timeout::timeout(5) { # # Something that should be interrupted if it takes too much time... # } # # = Description # # A way of performing a potentially long-running operation in a thread, and terminating # it's execution if it hasn't finished by a fixed amount of time. # # Previous versions of timeout didn't provide use a module for namespace. This version # provides both Timeout.timeout, and a backwards-compatible #timeout. # # = Copyright # # Copyright:: (C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc. # Copyright:: (C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan module Timeout # Raised by Timeout#timeout when the block times out. class Error < RuntimeError end class ExitException < ::Exception # :nodoc: end # :stopdoc: THIS_FILE = /\A#{Regexp.quote(__FILE__)}:/o CALLER_OFFSET = ((c = caller[0]) && THIS_FILE =~ c) ? 1 : 0 # :startdoc: # Executes the method's block. If the block execution terminates before # +sec+ seconds has passed, it returns the result value of the block. # If not, it terminates the execution and raises +exception+ (which defaults # to Timeout::Error). # # Note that this is both a method of module Timeout, so you can 'include Timeout' # into your classes so they have a #timeout method, as well as a module method, # so you can call it directly as Timeout.timeout(). def timeout(sec, klass = nil) #:yield: +sec+ return yield(sec) if sec == nil or sec.zero? exception = klass || Class.new(ExitException) begin begin x = Thread.current y = Thread.start { begin sleep sec rescue => e x.raise e else x.raise exception, "execution expired" end } return yield(sec) ensure if y y.kill y.join # make sure y is dead. end end rescue exception => e rej = /\A#{Regexp.quote(__FILE__)}:#{__LINE__-4}\z/o (bt = e.backtrace).reject! {|m| rej =~ m} level = -caller(CALLER_OFFSET).size while THIS_FILE =~ bt[level] bt.delete_at(level) level += 1 end raise if klass # if exception class is specified, it # would be expected outside. raise Error, e.message, e.backtrace end end module_function :timeout end # Identical to: # # Timeout::timeout(n, e, &block). # # Defined for backwards compatibility with earlier versions of timeout.rb, see # Timeout#timeout. def timeout(n, e = nil, &block) Timeout::timeout(n, e, &block) end # Another name for Timeout::Error, defined for backwards compatibility with # earlier versions of timeout.rb. TimeoutError = Timeout::Error