Java Thread stop() Method with Examples

by Online Tutorials Library July 22, 2022

Java Thread stop() method

The stop() method of thread class terminates the thread execution. Once a thread is stopped, it cannot be restarted by start() method.

Syntax

Parameter

obj : The Throwable object to be thrown.

Return

This method does not return any value.

Exception

SecurityException: This exception throws if the current thread cannot modify the thread.

Example

  public class JavaStopExp extends Thread  {        public void run()      {            for(int i=1; i<5; i++)          {                try              {                  // thread to sleep for 500 milliseconds                  sleep(500);                  System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName());                }catch(InterruptedException e){System.out.println(e);}                System.out.println(i);            }        }        public static void main(String args[])      {            // creating three threads           JavaStopExp t1=new JavaStopExp ();            JavaStopExp t2=new JavaStopExp ();           JavaStopExp t3=new JavaStopExp ();           // call run() method           t1.start();          t2.start();          // stop t3 thread           t3.stop();          System.out.println(“Thread t3 is stopped”);        }    }  

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Output:

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getId()getName()java join resume()run setId()setName()sleep()start stop()thread yield()