Killing the thread

[Rani Vish]

Hi,
I have a doubt ,whether threads are process dependends or not,in the following code i want to kill all the running thread

B]public synchronized void windowClosed(WindowEvent evt) {
quit = true;
this.notifyAll();
try {

reader1.join(1000); //reader1 = new Thread(this);
pis1.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
System.exit(0);
}[/B]


if i dont give reader1.join(1000); this statement, has my thread automatically kill after exiting the process or it still alive in the queue

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

When the JVM exits, all threads are terminated. System.exit() by itself is enough.