How to check a thread has stopped or not?
SolutionFollowing example demonstrates how to check a thread has stop or not by checking with isAlive() method.
public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv)throws Exception { Thread thread = new MyThread(); thread.start(); if (thread.isAlive()) { System.out.println("Thread has not finished"); } else { System.out.println("Finished"); } long delayMillis = 5000; thread.join(delayMillis); if (thread.isAlive()) { System.out.println("thread has not finished"); } else { System.out.println("Finished"); } thread.join(); } } class MyThread extends Thread { boolean stop = false; public void run() { while (true) { if (stop) { return; } } } }Result
The above code sample will produce the following result.
Thread has not finished Finished
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