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

In a non looping thread implmentation, you can always use some thing like this at the very beginning of thread code as:

void run() {
    if (!shouldContinue) { 
       return 1; 
    } 
    .. 
    then rest of the thread code
    ..
 }