Java Multithreading Tutorial for Beginners #7: How to safely stop a thread ?

It is really important that we properly close a thread, especially if the thread does work on things that can lead to data loss, data inconsistency etc. In this chapter, we will look into a method where we make use of a flag to properly stop a thread if needed.

You can find the source code of this chapter in the following GitHub repository.

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[varunmanchanda]

Sir, How to interrupt Scanner it is not getting interrupt or stopping using your solution as well.

[stefanjankovic]

You weren't so accurate when you said join(int) would kill a thread if it doesn't finish in given time. Actually join() does not kill it. System.exit(0) just kills JVM so your thread would end prematurely.
You can try if if you remove System.exit(). It would just print result after main thread as it took more time to finish :)

[DanceManAlex]

Oh man the background music makes me think my iPhone alarm keeps going off.