//Listing B: Signaling a thread to stop

class Example2 extends Thread {

  volatile boolean stop = false;

 

  public static void main( String args[] ) throws Exception {

    Example2 thread = new Example2();

   System.out.println( "Starting thread..." );

   thread.start();

   Thread.sleep( 3000 );

   System.out.println( "Asking thread to stop..." );

   thread.stop = true;

   Thread.sleep( 3000 );

   System.out.println( "Stopping application..." );

   System.exit( 0 );

  }

 

  public void run() {

    while ( !stop ) {

     System.out.println( "Thread is running..." );

      long time = System.currentTimeMillis();

      while ( (System.currentTimeMillis()-time < 1000) && (!stop) ) {

      }

    }

   System.out.println( "Thread exiting under request..." );

  }

}