A program doesn't stop a thread like it stops an
applet
(by calling a method). Rather, a thread arranges for
its own death by having a run method that terminates
naturally. For example, the while loop in this run
method is a finite loop-- it will iterate 100 times
and
then exit:
public void run() {
int i = 0;
while (i < 100) {
i++;
System.out.println("i = " + i);
}
}
A thread with this run method dies naturally when the
loop completes and the run method exits.
One question I have - it looks like you are trying
to use Threads for Swing related code - is that
true? If you want Swing code to be run on a
separate thread or have a task that takes a long
time ( or opens another Panel/Frame ) in Swing
Event handling code, take a look at using the
SwingWorker class. If I'm misintrepreting your
code - "never mind".
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--- "Conway. Fintan (IT Solutions)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Try scanThread.interrupt();. This will stop the
> thread from
> running, but will not kill the thread.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Panagiotis Plevrakis
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:42 AM
> > To: JDJList
> > Subject: [jdjlist] stopping a Thread
> >
> > Can anybody show me a good non-deprecated way to
> stop scanThread in the
> > following code? Setting it to null does not make
> her stop. What more
> > should
> > I do to make her stop?
> >
>
************************************************************
> > btScan.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
> > public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
> > btScanCounter++;
> > btScan.setText("Cancel Search");
> > Thread t1 = new Thread() {
> > public void run() {
> > handleScanButton();
> > }};
> > if ((btScanCounter%2) == 0) {
> > scanThread = null; // THIS DOES
> NOT WORK
> > btScan.setText("Auto Search");
> > } else {
> > if (scanThread == null) {
> > scanThread = new Thread(t1);
> > scanThread.start();
> > }
> > }
> > }});
> >
>
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> >
> >
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