how can I stop a thread from sleeping?

[mimisam]

hi,

I have a program(like the following codes) which needs to sleep for 20
seconds. How can i make it stop sleeping if i want it to be alive
before 20 seconds is up?(e.g. when a cancel button is clicked).
Any help will be appreciated !!
Thanks.

public static void a()
{
delay(20000);
}

public static void delay(int d)
{
try {
Thread.sleep(d);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
}

 

[Christophe Vanfleteren]

hi,

I have a program(like the following codes) which needs to sleep for 20
seconds. How can i make it stop sleeping if i want it to be alive
before 20 seconds is up?(e.g. when a cancel button is clicked).
Any help will be appreciated !!
Thanks.

public static void a()
{
delay(20000);
}

public static void delay(int d)
{
try {
Thread.sleep(d);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
}

You might want to check the answer you got in c.l.j.help instead of posting
here again 3 minutes later.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

mimisam wrote: ....
You might want to check the answer you got in c.l.j.help instead of posting
here again 3 minutes later.

This is referred to as multi-posting.
You might benefit from checking Jon Skeet's
article on 'How to ask questions on Newsgroups'
http://jinx.swiki.net/79

Lots of great tips ..including some I should pay more
attention to myself!

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D2scar_P=E9rez_del_Campo?=]

Hi,
the method Thread.interrupt() does exactly what you want. In your cancel
button you should call "threadToInterrupt.interrupt()" over the thread
object you want to resume.
Remember to catch the InterruptedException on your "delay" method (if
needed).

Òscar