// Listing C: Exiting blocked states with Thread.interrupt()

class Example3 extends Thread {

  volatile boolean stop = false;

 

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

   Example3 thread = new Example3();

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

   thread.start();

   Thread.sleep( 3000 );

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

   thread.stop = true;

   thread.interrupt();

   Thread.sleep( 3000 );

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

   System.exit( 0 );

  }

 

  public void run() {

    while ( !stop ) {

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

      try {

      Thread.sleep( 1000 );

      } catch ( InterruptedException e ) {

      System.out.println( "Thread interrupted..." );

      }

    }

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

  }

}