Procedure to start Thread?

[greatmajestics]

What is the procedure to start a thread back after it loop value become false?

i mean

 public void run()
         { 
         while(flag)
           --------
          }
         flag = false;

[iluxa]

you cant. After run() method completes, the thread is dead and cannot be re-started. You'll have to create a new object and start another thread.

Why would you want to do this though? If you're trying to take care of pause/resume situation, the following code works for me:

class MyThread implements Runnable {
  private Thread theThread;
  private boolean isPaused;
  
  public void start() {
    isPaused = false;
    isRunning = true;
    theThread = new Thread(this);
    theThread.start();
  }
  public void shutdown() {
    isRunning=false;
    theThread.interrupt();
    this.join();
  }
  public void pause() {
    isPaused = true;
  }
  public void resume() {
    isPaused = false;
    synchronized(this) {
      this.notify();
    }
  }
  public void run() {
    while(isRunning) {
      synchronized(this) {
        while(isPaused && isRunning) {
          try {
            this.wait();
          } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
            // ignore
          }
        }
      }
      if(isRunning) {
        // do actual work here
      }
    }
  }
}

[greatmajestics]

Thank you great Help................................