Java: Throw an exception to another Thread

Question

I have a java code like this:

private class Uploader implements Runnable
{
    // ...

public void start()
{
    t.start();
}

public void run()
{
        try {

        while(i=in.read())
        {
            output.write(i);    // THIS IS A BLOCKING CALL !!
        }

        } catch(ProtocolException e) { ... }
          catch(IOException e1) { ... }
}

private void restore()
{
        ...
}

private class Checker implements Runnable
{
            // ...

    @Override
    public void run()
    {
                // I WANT (IN A PARTICULAR MOMENT) TO THROW AN
                // EXCEPTION INTO THE Uploader RUN METHOD FROM HERE,
                // IS IT POSSIBLE? 
    }
}
}

The problem is that i have a blocking write() in the Run() method, so I have added a new thread that checks whether or not the connection is transmitting: if it's not trasmitting I want to stop the blocking write() using the exception mechanism (throwing an exception to the other thread's run() method from the checker thread). Is it possible?

EDIT [SOLVED]:

The only way is to brutally close the output stream and to work on the amount of written bits to check whether the connection is transmitting:

private class Uploader implements Runnable
{
    private OutputStream output;

    private int readedBits;

    public void run()
    {
        try {

            while(i=in.read())
            {
                output.write(i);

                readedBits++;
            }

        } catch(IOException e1)
                {   
                    // ENTERS HERE IF RESTORE() IS CALLED
                }
    }

    private void restore()
    {
        try {
            output.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {}

        // Restore connection ....
    }

    private int getReadedBits()
    {   
        return this.readedBits;
    }

    private class Checker implements Runnable
    {
            // ...

        @Override
        public void run()
        {
            while(true)
            {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(timeout);
                } catch (InterruptedException e1) {}

                if(lastReaded >= getReadedBits())
                    restore();
                else
                    lastReaded = getReadedBits();
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You can make your code honor Thread.interrupt() call. See javadoc of this call.

Answer 2

Not exactly what you've asked for but I'd rather use java.nio and
public abstract int select(long timeout) throws IOException
to (not only) detect timeouts.