AlternateStop.java Source code

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public class AlternateStop extends Object implements Runnable {
    private volatile boolean stopRequested;

    private Thread runThread;

    public void run() {
        runThread = Thread.currentThread();
        stopRequested = false;

        int count = 0;

        while (!stopRequested) {
            System.out.println("Running ... count=" + count);
            count++;

            try {
                Thread.sleep(300);
            } catch (InterruptedException x) {
                // re-assert interrupt
                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
            }
        }
    }

    public void stopRequest() {
        stopRequested = true;

        if (runThread != null) {
            runThread.interrupt();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AlternateStop as = new AlternateStop();
        Thread t = new Thread(as);
        t.start();

        try {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
        } catch (InterruptedException x) {
        }
        as.stopRequest();
    }
}