Example Thread Termination

class Worker implements Runnable {                              // (1)
    private Thread theThread;                                   // (2)

    public void kickStart() {                                   // (3)
        if (theThread == null) {
            theThread = new Thread(this);
            theThread.start();
        }
    }

    public void terminate() {                                   // (4)
        theThread = null;
    }

    public void run() {                                         // (5)
        while (theThread == Thread.currentThread()) {           // (6)
            System.out.println("Going around in loops.");
        }
    }
}

public class Controller {
    public static void main(String[] args) {                    // (7)
        Worker worker = new Worker();                           // (8)
        worker.kickStart();                                     // (9)
        Thread.yield();                                         // (10)
        worker.terminate();                                     // (11)
    }
}

Possible output from the program:

Going around in loops.
Going around in loops.
Going around in loops.
Going around in loops.
Going around in loops.