Pausing a Thread: set a variable that the thread checks occasionally, call Object.wait()

 

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    MyThread thread = new MyThread();
    thread.start();

    while (true) {
      synchronized (thread) {
        thread.pause = true;
      }
      synchronized (thread) {
        thread.pause = false;
        thread.notify();
      }
    }
  }
}

class MyThread extends Thread {
  boolean pause = false;

  public void run() {
    while (true) {
      synchronized (this) {
        while (pause) {
          try {
            wait();
          } catch (Exception e) {
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

1.	Is thread alive
2.	Thread sleep
3.	Another way to stop a thread
4.	Another way to suspend and resume
5.	Visual suspend and resume
6.	Thread sleep and interrupt
7.	Daemon Thread
8.	Pausing the Current Thread: a thread can temporarily stop execution.
9.	set Uncaught Exception Handler
10.	Monitor a thread's status.
11.	Pause the execution
12.	Interrupt a thread.
13.	Stopping a Thread: set a variable that the thread checks occasionally
14.	Determining When a Thread Has Finished
15.	Add a delay
16.	Pause the execution of a thread using sleep()

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