com.pelzer.util
Class KillableThread

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      com.pelzer.util.KillableThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public abstract class KillableThread
extends Thread

There is no built-in mechanism for stopping threads in Java, so this class is a simple fix for the issue. Any thread that you need another thread to be able to signal to shut down should have a run() method that looks something like this:

  run(){
        while(!die){
                doSomething();
                sleep(...);
        }
  }

Another thread can then request the killable thread shut down gracefully by doing the following:

  killableThread.die = true;
  killableThread.waitFor();
  

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

boolean

die Implementing classes should watch this value, and terminate gracefully if it ever becomes true.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

KillableThread()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, clone, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

die

public volatile boolean die

Implementing classes should watch this value, and terminate gracefully if it ever becomes true.

Constructor Detail

KillableThread

public KillableThread()