Java tutorial
class MyThread extends Thread { boolean stopped; MyThread(ThreadGroup tg, String name) { super(tg, name); stopped = false; } public void run() { System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " starting."); try { for (int i = 1; i < 1000; i++) { System.out.print("."); Thread.sleep(250); synchronized (this) { if (stopped) break; } } } catch (Exception exc) { System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " interrupted."); } System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + " exiting."); } synchronized void myStop() { stopped = true; } } public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { ThreadGroup tg = new ThreadGroup("My Group"); MyThread thrd = new MyThread(tg, "MyThread #1"); MyThread thrd2 = new MyThread(tg, "MyThread #2"); MyThread thrd3 = new MyThread(tg, "MyThread #3"); thrd.start(); thrd2.start(); thrd3.start(); Thread.sleep(1000); System.out.println(tg.activeCount() + " threads in thread group."); Thread thrds[] = new Thread[tg.activeCount()]; tg.enumerate(thrds); for (Thread t : thrds) System.out.println(t.getName()); thrd.myStop(); Thread.sleep(1000); System.out.println(tg.activeCount() + " threads in tg."); tg.interrupt(); } }