If using methods stop/suspend to stop a thread, this is unsafe and thus deprecated. If a thread being stopped now is modifying common data, that common data remains in an inconsistent state. However, 3 solutions is available as following:
1. let the method run() of the thread finishes itself, it’s best and have no any unsafe factors, for example:
public class OurThread extends Thread(){
public void run(){
System.out.println("ok")
}
}
when the console output the string “OK”, this thread ends safely.
2. use a variable indication, in Thread, iterate this variable and check it, e.g while(flag){}, the indication can be modified outside, if it is modified, thread will be ended.
public class OurThread extends Thread(){
private volatile boolean stop = false;
public void run(){
while (!stop) {
//Do your actions
}
}
}
Set the variable stop to volatile, this make sure all reads and writes will go straight to “main memory”.
3. use interrupt() method and then catch InterruptedException to stop thread.