Another way to stop a thread

 
public class AlternateStop extends Object implements Runnable {
  private volatile boolean stopRequested;

  private Thread runThread;

  public void run() {
    runThread = Thread.currentThread();
    stopRequested = false;

    int count = 0;

    while (!stopRequested) {
      System.out.println("Running ... count=" + count);
      count++;

      try {
        Thread.sleep(300);
      } catch (InterruptedException x) {
         // re-assert interrupt
        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
      }
    }
  }

  public void stopRequest() {
    stopRequested = true;

    if (runThread != null) {
      runThread.interrupt();
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    AlternateStop as = new AlternateStop();
    Thread t = new Thread(as);
    t.start();

    try {
      Thread.sleep(2000);
    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
    }
    as.stopRequest();
  }
}

1.	Is thread alive
2.	Thread sleep
3.	Another way to suspend and resume
4.	Visual suspend and resume
5.	Thread sleep and interrupt
6.	Daemon Thread
7.	Pausing the Current Thread: a thread can temporarily stop execution.
8.	Pausing a Thread: set a variable that the thread checks occasionally, call Object.wait()
9.	set Uncaught Exception Handler
10.	Monitor a thread's status.
11.	Pause the execution
12.	Interrupt a thread.
13.	Stopping a Thread: set a variable that the thread checks occasionally
14.	Determining When a Thread Has Finished
15.	Add a delay
16.	Pause the execution of a thread using sleep()

Another way to stop a thread : Thread Status « Threads « Java

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