how to interrupt a scanner.nextline() call

Question

There are many threads on SO about interrupting reading the system.in but what I am looking for here is some kind of advice as to how to best code what I am trying to achieve.

Answer 1

Another version of geri's answer would be:

ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);

Future future = executor.submit(() -> {
    try (Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in)) {
        return in.nextLine();
    }
});

try {
    return future.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException | TimeoutException e1) {
    return ...;
}