如果你运行了Listing A中的代码，你将在控制台看到以下输出：
Starting thread...
Thread is running...
Thread is running...
Thread is running...
Interrupting thread...
Thread is running...
Thread is running...
Thread is running...
Stopping application...
甚至，在Thread.interrupt()被调用后，线程仍然继续运行了一段时间。
真正地中断一个线程
中断线程最好的，最受推荐的方式是，使用共享变量（shared variable）发出信号，告诉线程必须停止正在运行的任务。线程必须周期性的核查这一变量（尤其在冗余操作期间），然后有秩序地中止任务。Listing B描述了这一方式。
Listing B
class Example2 extends Thread {
volatile boolean stop = false;
public static void main( String args[] ) throws Exception {
Example2 thread = new Example2();
System.out.println( "Starting thread..." );
thread.start();
Thread.sleep( 3000 );
System.out.println( "Asking thread to stop..." );
thread.stop = true;
Thread.sleep( 3000 );
System.out.println( "Stopping application..." );
System.exit( 0 );
}
public void run() {
while ( !stop ) {
System.out.println( "Thread is running..." );
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
while ( (System.currentTimeMillis()-time ＜ 1000) && (!stop) ) {
}
}
System.out.println( "Thread exiting under request..." );
}
}
