Working with Threads
You can start a thread by calling its start() method, which may lead you to believe that there's also a stop() method to bring it to a halt.
Although Java includes a stop() method in the Thread class, it has been deprecated. In Java, a deprecated element is a class, interface, method, or variable that has been replaced with something that works better. Anything that has been deprecated can still be used, but may be removed from the language entirely in a future version.
Watch Out!It's a good idea to heed this deprecation warning. Sun Microsystems has deprecated the stop() method because it can cause problems for other threads running in the Java interpreter. |
The next project you undertake will show how a thread can be stopped. ...
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