What does the Thread method interrupt() mean?

[sam huang]

Thanks in advence.
Sam

[Jasper Vader]

if a thread might need to be killed from another thread, don't use the stop() method, instead, call interrupt() on it.
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if a thread is sleeping and it receives an interrupt() call, it moves immediately into the Ready state, and when it runs, it will execute its InterruptedException handler.

[Jose Botella]

Sam,
Thread.interrupted()
Thread.isInterrupted()
can be used for testing if a thread was err.. interrupt()
Please check the API for the difference between them.
If a thread is joining, sleeping or waiting and it is interrupted, it would abandon the state and its "InterruptedException" handler would be executed.