Re: Stop thread when undeploying

>I have a web application, and a servlet creates a thread.
>
>I want to destroy the thread while undeploying or when the servlet receive
>an specific option.
>
>I tried to interrupt the thread but it doesn't works. It throws an
>interruption exception. Sleep interrupted and the thread runs forever even
>though the application is undeployed.
>
>How can I stop the thread ??
>
>I'm using jboss-3.0.0_tomcat-4.0.3.


Hi,

Iin regards to your question of how to stop a thread, typically what is needed is for a signal of some sort to be sent to the thread. It is considered "sloppy" to use the depreciated Thread.stop method, however it is an option. What you will need is to ensure that the Runnable extends some interface that can accept a signal like:

public interface Signalable {

   public static final int KILL = 0;

   public static final int ?? = ?


   public void send(int signal);

   // or perhaps

   public void kill();

}

I hope I have understood your question correctly.

Niall.

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