Thread stop and suspend

Threads should not be stopped using stop or suspend. These methods are deprecated.

Instead, threads should use the following simple idiom to stop in a well behaved manner.

public final class SimpleThread implements Runnable {

public void run() {
boolean isDone = false;

while (!isStopRequested() && !isDone){
//perform the work
}
}

/**
* Request that this thread stop running.
*/
public synchronized void requestStop(){
fIsStopRequested = true;
}

// PRIVATE ////////

private boolean fIsStopRequested;

private synchronized boolean isStopRequested() {
return fIsStopRequested;
}
}