Terminating thread using thread Id in java

Question

I want to terminate thread using it's Id.

using below statement I'm getting thread. this thread Id I'm maintaining in Hashtable,but whenever use want to terminate the thread it will be possible for me to termiate using thread Id.

long threadId=Thread.currentThread().getId();   

How can I achieve it ?

Answer 1

You can do it like this,

//Give you set of Threads
Set<Thread> setOfThread = Thread.getAllStackTraces().keySet();

//Iterate over set to find yours
for(Thread thread : setOfThread){
    if(thread.getId()==yourThread.getId()){
        thread.interrupt();
    }
}