How to stop a thread?

Question

When a thread is alive, how can I stop the thread? I have given like

if(thread.isAlive()){
    thread.stop();
}

but the method stop is depr

Answer 1

Here's what the Java people have to say about why not to call thread.stop and what to do instead.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/misc/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html

The short answer is, you allow the thread entry point function to return.