public class SelfRunThreadTemplate extends Object implements Runnable {
private Thread internalThread;
private volatile boolean noStopRequested;
public SelfRunThreadTemplate() {
// add your code here ...
System.out.println("initializing...");
noStopRequested = true;
internalThread = new Thread(this);
internalThread.start();
}
public void run() {
if ( Thread.currentThread() != internalThread ) {
throw new RuntimeException("only the internal " +
"thread is allowed to invoke run()");
}
while ( noStopRequested ) {
System.out.println("in run() - still going...");
try {
Thread.sleep(700);
} catch ( InterruptedException x ) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
}
public void stopRequest() {
noStopRequested = false;
internalThread.interrupt();
}
public boolean isAlive() {
return internalThread.isAlive();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SelfRunThreadTemplate sr = new SelfRunThreadTemplate();
try { Thread.sleep(3000); } catch ( InterruptedException x ) { }
sr.stopRequest();
}
}