Re: Please help me kill this java thread..... code example

  Here is the scanner while loop:

public synchronized void launchScanner(){
         // Get physical scanner device list
         devList = Symbol.getScannerDeviceList();
         if (devList == null){
             System.out.println("No physical scanner device available");
             return;
         }

         // Create and enable scanner
         try{
                 scanner = new Scanner(devList[0]);
                 scanner.enable();
                 scanEnabled = true;
         }catch (Exception e){
             System.out.println("can't initialize scanner object: " + e.getMessage());
             return;
         }

         exiting = false;
         while (!exiting){
             try{

                     scanner.read(null, this);
                     wait();
             }catch (Exception e){
                    System.out.println("Got Error: " + e.getMessage());
                 return;
             }
         }

     }