How to interrupt a running thread in Java?

The thread can interrupt the thread by sending an interrupt signal by calling the interrupt() method of the thread object. This means that the thread's interruption is caused by another thread calling the interrupt() method.

The Thread class provides three interrupt methods:

• void interrupt() - Interrupt the thread.
• static boolean interrupted() - Tests whether the current thread is interrupted.
• boolean isInterrupted() - Tests whether the thread is interrupted.

Example

public class ThreadInterruptTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      System.out.println("Thread main started");
      final Task task = new Task();
      final Thread thread = new Thread(task);
      thread.start();
      thread.interrupt(); // calling interrupt()<strong> </strong>method
      System.out.println("Main Thread finished");
   }
}
class Task implements Runnable {
   @Override
   public void run() {
      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
         System.out.println("[" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] Message " + i);
         if(Thread.interrupted()) {
            System.out.println("This thread was interruped by someone calling this Thread.interrupt()");
            System.out.println("Cancelling task running in thread " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
            System.out.println("After Thread.interrupted() call, JVM reset the interrupted value to: " + Thread.interrupted());
            break;
         }
      }
   }
}

Output

Thread main started
Main Thread finished
[Thread-0] Message 0
This thread was interruped by someone calling this Thread.interrupt()
Cancelling task running in thread Thread-0
After Thread.interrupted() call, JVM reset the interrupted value to: false

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