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Inner self run threads
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public class InnerSelfRunMain extends Object {
private Thread internalThread;
private volatile boolean noStopRequested;
public InnerSelfRunMain() {
// add your code here ...
System.out.println("initializing...");
noStopRequested = true;
Runnable r = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
runWork();
} catch (Exception x) {
// in case ANY exception slips through
x.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
internalThread = new Thread(r);
internalThread.start();
}
private void runWork() {
while (noStopRequested) {
System.out.println("in runWork() - still going...");
try {
Thread.sleep(700);
} catch (InterruptedException x) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // re-assert interrupt
}
}
}
public void stopRequest() {
noStopRequested = false;
internalThread.interrupt();
}
public boolean isAlive() {
return internalThread.isAlive();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
InnerSelfRunMain sr = new InnerSelfRunMain();
try {
Thread.sleep(3000);
} catch (InterruptedException x) {
}
sr.stopRequest();
}
}
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