How to stop a java code from running using a stop button

Question

I have a button that calls a method from the backing Bean. This method allows to extract data from parsing html code. While the method is running i have a dialog showing a progr

Answer 1

ExecutorService with interrupt friendly tasks

ExecutorService documentation

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• Instead of directly calling the method, convert the method into an ExecutorService's task.

  public class SearchEmailsTask implements Runnable {
  
      private EmailSearcher emailSearcher;
  
      public SearchEmailsTask(EmailSearcher emailSearcher) {
          this.emailSearcher = emailSearcher;
      }
  
      @Override
      public void run() {
          emailSearcher.searchEmails();
      }
  }
  

  You can use Callable