Difference between Abort and Interrupt in Threads in .NET

Question

What is the difference between Thraed.Abort() and Thread.Interrupt(). How can I call them in a Thread Safe Manner.It would be helpful,if simple example is provided.

Answer 1

Thread.Abort() raises a ThreadAbortException on the target thread. It's intent to generally to force the thread to terminate. It is not a recommended practice for stopping a thread's processing.

Thread.Interrupt() interrupts a thread that is in WaitSleepJoin state - essentially blocking on a resource like a WaitHandle. This allows the caller to unblock the thread.

Neither is really "thread-safe" - in the sense that they are specifically intended to affect the behavior of threads in a way that is hard to predict.

It's generally recommended to use synchronization objects (like WaitHandles or Semaphores) to allows threads to safely synchronize with one another.