How can I kill a thread? without using stop();

Question

Thread currentThread=Thread.currentThread();
        public void run()
        {               

             while(!shutdown)
            {                                  


        

Answer 1

Typically, a thread is terminated when it's interrupted. So, why not use the native boolean? Try isInterrupted():

   Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable(){
        @Override
        public void run() {
            while(!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()){
                // do stuff         
            }   
        }});
    t.start();

    // Sleep a second, and then interrupt
    try {
        Thread.sleep(1000);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
    t.interrupt();