{{tag>Programmers_Reference Methods IExecutionContext_Interface}}
======setTimeout (long)======

**Interface:** [[3500:0300:0316|IExecutionContext]]
<code java>public void setTimeout (long timeout)</code>

Set the number of milliseconds that the system will wait before timing out the process if it is suspended.

=====Parameters=====

|''timeout''|the timeout value in milliseconds. If the value is –1 the process never times out.|