diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/FunctionWithTimeout.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/FunctionWithTimeout.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.util;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public abstract class FunctionWithTimeout<T> {
+  protected abstract void updateValue(T initialValue);
+
+  @NotNull
+  public T calculate(long timeout, @NotNull final T initialValue) {
+    TimeoutUtil.executeWithTimeout(timeout, new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        updateValue(initialValue);
+      }
+    });
+    return initialValue;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/TimeoutUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/TimeoutUtil.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.util;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public final class TimeoutUtil {
+  public static void executeWithTimeout(long timeout, long sleep, @NotNull final Runnable run) {
+    final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    final AtomicBoolean done = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    final Thread thread = new Thread("Fast Function Thread@" + run.hashCode()) {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        run.run();
+        done.set(true);
+      }
+    };
+    thread.start();
+
+    while (!done.get() && System.currentTimeMillis() - start < timeout) {
+      try {
+        //noinspection BusyWait
+        Thread.sleep(sleep);
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!thread.isInterrupted()) {
+      //noinspection deprecation
+      thread.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void executeWithTimeout(long timeout, @NotNull final Runnable run) {
+    executeWithTimeout(timeout, 50, run);
+  }
+}