遗憾的是，在 Java 中对字符串使用正则表达式时无法指定超时。因此，如果您没有严格控制将哪些模式应用于哪些输入，您最终可能会拥有消耗大量 CPU 的线程，同时无休止地尝试将（设计不那么好的）模式与（恶意？）输入进行匹配。
我知道不推荐使用 Thread#stop() 的原因（请参阅http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/misc/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html）。它们以在 ThreadDeath 异常的情况下可能会损坏的对象为中心，然后污染您正在运行的 JVM 环境并可能导致细微的错误。
对于比我更深入了解 JVM 工作原理的任何人，我的问题是：如果需要停止的线程没有任何（明显的）监视器或对程序其余部分使用的对象的引用，那么使用 Thread#stop() 是否可以接受？
我创建了一个相当防御性的解决方案，以便能够处理带有超时的正则表达式匹配。我很乐意发表任何评论或评论，尤其是关于这种方法可能导致的问题，尽管我努力避免这些问题。
谢谢！
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
public class SafeRegularExpressionMatcher {
// demonstrates behavior for regular expression running into catastrophic backtracking for given input
public static void main(String[] args) {
SafeRegularExpressionMatcher matcher = new SafeRegularExpressionMatcher(
"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", "(x+x+)+y", 2000);
System.out.println(matcher.matches());
}
final String stringToMatch;
final String regularExpression;
final int timeoutMillis;
public SafeRegularExpressionMatcher(String stringToMatch, String regularExpression, int timeoutMillis) {
this.stringToMatch = stringToMatch;
this.regularExpression = regularExpression;
this.timeoutMillis = timeoutMillis;
}
public Boolean matches() {
CallableThread<Boolean> thread = createSafeRegularExpressionMatchingThread();
Boolean result = tryToGetResultFromThreadWithTimeout(thread);
return result;
}
private CallableThread<Boolean> createSafeRegularExpressionMatchingThread() {
final String stringToMatchForUseInThread = new String(stringToMatch);
final String regularExpressionForUseInThread = new String(regularExpression);
Callable<Boolean> callable = createRegularExpressionMatchingCallable(stringToMatchForUseInThread,
regularExpressionForUseInThread);
CallableThread<Boolean> thread = new CallableThread<Boolean>(callable);
return thread;
}
private Callable<Boolean> createRegularExpressionMatchingCallable(final String stringToMatchForUseInThread,
final String regularExpressionForUseInThread) {
Callable<Boolean> callable = new Callable<Boolean>() {
public Boolean call() throws Exception {
return Boolean.valueOf(stringToMatchForUseInThread.matches(regularExpressionForUseInThread));
}
};
return callable;
}
private Boolean tryToGetResultFromThreadWithTimeout(CallableThread<Boolean> thread) {
startThreadAndApplyTimeout(thread);
Boolean result = processThreadResult(thread);
return result;
}
private void startThreadAndApplyTimeout(CallableThread<Boolean> thread) {
thread.start();
try {
thread.join(timeoutMillis);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
throwRuntimeException("Interrupt", e);
}
}
private Boolean processThreadResult(CallableThread<Boolean> thread) {
Boolean result = null;
if (thread.isAlive()) {
killThread(thread); // do not use anything from the thread anymore, objects may be damaged!
throwRuntimeException("Timeout", null);
} else {
Exception exceptionOccurredInThread = thread.getException();
if (exceptionOccurredInThread != null) {
throwRuntimeException("Exception", exceptionOccurredInThread);
} else {
result = thread.getResult();
}
}
return result;
}
private void throwRuntimeException(String situation, Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(situation + " occured while applying pattern /" + regularExpression + "/ to input '"
+ stringToMatch + " after " + timeoutMillis + "ms!", e);
}
/**
* This method uses {@link Thread#stop()} to kill a thread that is running wild. Although it is acknowledged that
* {@link Thread#stop()} is inherently unsafe, the assumption is that the thread to kill does not hold any monitors on or
* even references to objects referenced by the rest of the JVM, so it is acceptable to do this.
*
* After calling this method nothing from the thread should be used anymore!
*
* @param thread Thread to stop
*/
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
private static void killThread(CallableThread<Boolean> thread) {
thread.stop();
}
private static class CallableThread<V> extends Thread {
private final Callable<V> callable;
private V result = null;
private Exception exception = null;
public CallableThread(Callable<V> callable) {
this.callable = callable;
}
@Override
public void run() {
try {
V result = compute();
setResult(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
exception = e;
} catch (ThreadDeath e) {
cleanup();
}
}
private V compute() throws Exception {
return callable.call();
}
private synchronized void cleanup() {
result = null;
}
private synchronized void setResult(V result) {
this.result = result;
}
public synchronized V getResult() {
return result;
}
public synchronized Exception getException() {
return exception;
}
}
}
编辑：
感谢 dawce 向我指出了这个解决方案，我能够在不需要额外线程的情况下解决我原来的问题。我已经在那里发布了代码。感谢所有回复的人。