How to Stop a Thread Safley

[viper_07]

hi guys i was wonderig what the best way to stop (kill) a thread any ideas ?

[Norm]

In the thread, test if a flag is set asking the thread to exit and exit/return.

[viper_07]

thanks mate thats what i used in the end

[relion65]

or you could do something like this:

public void stop()
{
    thread = null;
    stop = true;
}

as in, set your thread to null and your stop flag to true... just to double make sure...

[Norm]

What does setting the variable: thread to null do?