Java Data Type Tutorial - Java Thread.interrupt()

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Syntax

Thread.interrupt() has the following syntax.

public void interrupt()

Example

In the following code shows how to use Thread.interrupt() method.

class ThreadDemo implements Runnable {
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  public void run() {
    try {
      while (true) {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
      }
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      System.out.println(e.toString());
    }
  }
}

public class Main {

  public static void main(String args[]) {

    Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadDemo());
    System.out.println("Executing " + t.getName());
    t.start();

    if (!t.interrupted()) {
      t.interrupt();
    }
    // block until other threads finish
    try {
      t.join();
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
    }
  }

}

The code above generates the following result.

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