Start and stop(forced) a threaded job

Question

I want to know a proper way to start and stop a threaded job forced and unforced. Is this the proper way to stop a Thread?

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Answer 1

This is the way that I've done it in the past, with one difference. I've had threads unexpectedly hang in the past, which means that that loop of yours doesn't come back with an answer. To address this I have all thread using classes, like yours, register with a 'manager' class who is responsible for participating in key things like Forced Stop. The threaded class has a reference to the manager, and when a forced stop is done it calls a method on the manager which effectively is a timer. If by the time the timer has gone off the threaded class hasn't set a state flag to STOPPED then the manager calls abort on it.

The key thing for me was not just the calling 'stop' but the confirmation that 'stop' had occurred, and understanding that it will be a non-deterministic amount of time but that 'after a reasonable amount of time' that I should give up and move on.