i'm using jdk 1.4.2_03-b02

thread 'reader' is reading input with BufferedReader.readLine(); now another thread wants to stop the 'reader' thread.

javadoc of Thread says that the best approach is to set a boolean and call Thread.interrupt() but no luck. BufferedReader.readLine() keeps waiting.

i tried various alternatives, but no luck. found on some other forum that it is impossible to interrupt this call. i can't believe that :-)

any pointers are appreciated.

regards, tom.

 

 

You need to modify your design, if you start reading and there's nothing to read, it will block until new data is available. You can get around this possibly with the NIO api.

What are you trying to do anyway? Where does the data come from?