Question

i have set a thread and i want to run it using a loop. so this thread should run in the loop and break in a certain time and again run the loop.

please i have no clue how to do this. can someone guide me.

Answer 1

Assuming you’re running on JDK 1.5 or newer (where memory model was clarified and improved) you can use

public class MyRunnable extends Runnable
{
   private volatile boolean cancelled;

   public void run() {
      while (!cancelled) { 
         doStuff();
      }
   }

   public void cancel()
   {
      cancelled = true;  
   }

   public boolean isCancelled() {
      return cancelled;
   }
}j

Alternatively, use java.util.concurrent.Future, and FutureTask, which supports cancellation out of the box.