Stop a Java thread properly

public class myThread extends Thread {

      // define a volatile Boolean as a trigger for thread stop

      private volatile boolean stop = false;

     

      @Override

      public void run() {

            while(!stop) {

                 

                  //do some reoccurring task here

                  ....
 

                  //wait

                  try {

                        new Thread();

                        Thread.sleep(1000);

                  } catch (InterruptedException e) {

                        stop = true;

                  }

            }

      }

      public void destroy() {

            stop=true;

            interrupt();

      }

}

Run the thread and stop it using the destroy() method.

That's it!