Stopping a running thread

[karthikvadapalli]

How to stop a running thread where the Thread.stop method deprecated,
is there any process other than raising an exception between the thread process?

[Norm]

The running thread could test a flag and exit.

[ozzyman]

Here is an example for you

    private volatile Thread myThread;
    public void stopMyThread() {
        Thread tmpThread = myThread;
        myThread = null;
        if (tmpThread != null) {
            tmpThread.interrupt();
        }
    }
    public void run() {
        if (myThread == null) {
           return; // stopped before started.
        }
        try {
            // all the run() method's code goes here
            ...
            // do some work
            Thread.yield(); // let another thread have some time perhaps to stop this one.
            if (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
               throw new InterruptedException("Stopped by ifInterruptedStop()");
            }
            // do some more work
            ...
        } catch (Throwable t) {
           // log/handle all errors here
        }
    }

from: http://forward.com.au/javaProgrammin...opAThread.html

[karthikvadapalli]

i want to terminate its process before completing its task

[ozzyman]

In the link I gave you it argues that you should stop a thread with the interrupt()

[karthikvadapalli]

Thanks ozzyman