How to kill a java thread?

Question

I google the solution for killing a java thread. And there exists two solutions:

1. set a flag
2. using Thread.interrupt

But both of them ar

Answer 1

You can try Thread.stop(), but at your own risk. Optimally, the API you're calling should have a way to interrupt the operation if needed (which is what Thread.interrupt() is for if the API itself does not provide a cleaner way to interrupt its progress, have you tried it?).