How to set the map task timeout?

I tried this

Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.set("mapred.task.timeout", "1000");
Job job = new Job(conf);

But I think it is not working. I am trying to set mapred.task.timeout to 1000 and in the map class I am giving a " Thread.sleep(2000开发者_如何学Python); " and expecting it to throw an exception. But it it running fine. Shouldn't this throw an exception?

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That is an old, deprecated config setting. It may be that you need the newer equivalent, mapreduce.task.timeout. Also, call Configuration.setInt() instead.