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Java Example - Terminating Threads

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Originally, Java provided the stop() method in the Thread class to terminate threads, but this method is unsafe and is generally not recommended for use.

This article introduces the use of the interrupt method to interrupt threads.

Using the interrupt method to terminate threads can be categorized into two scenarios:

In the first scenario, using the interrupt method will cause the sleep method to throw an InterruptedException. In the second scenario, the thread will exit directly. The following code demonstrates the use of the interrupt method in the first scenario.

ThreadInterrupt.java File

public class ThreadInterrupt extends Thread 
{ 
    public void run() 
    { 
        try 
        { 
            sleep(50000);  // Delay for 50 seconds 
        } 
        catch (InterruptedException e) 
        { 
            System.out.println(e.getMessage()); 
        } 
    } 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
    { 
        Thread thread = new ThreadInterrupt(); 
        thread.start(); 
        System.out.println("Interrupt the thread within 50 seconds by pressing any key!"); 
        System.in.read(); 
        thread.interrupt(); 
        thread.join(); 
        System.out.println("The thread has exited!"); 
    } 
}

The output of the above code is:

Interrupt the thread within 50 seconds by pressing any key!

sleep interrupted
The thread has exited!

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