How to stop uninterruptible threads in Java

Question

I have a Java application that I CAN\'T EDIT that starts a java.lang.Thread that has this run() method:

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Answer 1

Ok, I've found the solution and it's really really simple, just sleep the thread and then interrupt it!

final Thread t = getTheThreadToClose();

//Final is important because only in this way you can pass it to the following new Thread

if (t != null && t.isAlive() && !t.isInterrupted()){
    try{
       new Thread(){
           public void run(){
               try{ 
                  t.sleep(3000);//SLEEP INSIDE THE NEW THREAD
               }
               catch(InterruptedException ex){}
           }
       }.start();

       t.interrupt();//INTERRUPT OUTSIDE THE NEW STARTED THREAD
    }
    catch(Exception e){}
}

It works in all cases!

I wanna thank you all for your really useful help, especially venomrld and Toby that gave me inspiration for the solution with their words ;-), and this wonderfoul site that let me ALWAYS solve all my programming problems.

Thank you all again and Happy New Year!