import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.TimeoutException;

public class FilePathRestorer {

/**

* Restores file paths from a file with a timeout.

* @param filePath The path to the file containing file paths.

* @param maxTimeMs The maximum time to wait for reading the file (in milliseconds).

* @return A list of file paths, or an empty list if an error occurs or the file is empty.

* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while reading the file.

* @throws TimeoutException if the file reading operation exceeds the timeout.

*/

public static List<String> restoreFilePaths(String filePath, long maxTimeMs) throws IOException, TimeoutException {

List<String> filePaths = new ArrayList<>();

try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath))) {

long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

String line;

while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {

if (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime > maxTimeMs) {

throw new TimeoutException("File reading timed out.");

}

filePaths.add(line.trim()); // Add file path, removing leading/trailing whitespace

}

} catch (IOException e) {

throw e; // Re-throw the IOException

}

return filePaths;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

// Example usage:

String filePath = "file_paths.txt"; // Replace with your file path

long timeout = 5000; // Timeout in milliseconds

try {

List<String> restoredPaths = restoreFilePaths(filePath, timeout);

for (String path : restoredPaths) {

System.out.println(path);

}

} catch (IOException | TimeoutException e) {

System.err.println("Error restoring file paths: " + e.getMessage());

}

}

}