Re: stop() boundaries
On 12/25/2010 01:44 PM, Jan Burse wrote:
Dear All
Suppose I have the following code:
A; /* line 1 */
try { /* line 2 */
B; /* line 3 */
} finally {
C;
}
Now I run this in a thread and arbitrarily
call the deprecated (sic!) stop() once.
Yes, they do call it "deprecated", and it is that in both the English and the
Java sense.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html#stop()
*Deprecated.*
This method is inherently unsafe. Stopping a thread with Thread.stop
causes it to unlock all of the monitors that it has locked (as a
natural consequence of the unchecked ThreadDeath exception propagating
up the stack). If any of the objects previously protected by these
monitors were in an inconsistent state, the damaged objects become
visible to other threads, potentially resulting in arbitrary behavior.
"This method is inherently unsafe."
For more information, see Why are Thread.stop, Thread.suspend
and Thread.resume Deprecated?.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/concurrency/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html
Why is Thread.stop deprecated?
Because it is inherently unsafe.
....
Unlike other unchecked exceptions, ThreadDeath kills threads silently;
thus, the user has no warning that his program may be corrupted.
"... it is inherently unsafe."
"Inherently" is a pretty strong word.
What are you trying to accomplish?
--
Lew
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