Java: how to abort a thread reading from System.in

Question

I have a Java thread:

class MyThread extends Thread {
  @Override
  public void run() {
    BufferedReader stdin =
        new BufferedReader(new InputStream         


        

Answer 1

Whats about defining a field within your above thread class definition like:

class MyThread extends Thread {   

  protected AtomicBoolean abortThread = new AtomicBoolean(false);

  public void doAbort()
  {
    this.abortThread.set(true);
  }

  @Override   public void run() 
  { 
    ...
    if (this.abortThread.get())
    {
      ...something like break loop...
    }
  }
}