How to interrupt an Infinite Loop

Question

Though I know it\'ll be a bit silly to ask, still I want to inquire more about the technical perspective of it.

A simple example of an infinite loop:

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Answer 1

If you need an "infinite" loop, you sure need a thread (else your app will be stuck until the end of the loop).

class BigLoop extends Thread
{

    private boolean _sexyAndAlive = true;

    // make some constructor !

    public void softTerminate()
    {
    _sexyAndAlive = false;
    }


    public void run()
    {
        try
        {
            while( _sexyAndAlive )
            {
               // Put your code here 
            }
        }
        catch( Some Exceptions ... )
        {
            // ...
        }
        // put some ending code here if needed
    }
}


// in another file :

BigLoop worker = new BigLoop();
worker.start(); // starts the thread

// when you want to stop it softly
worker.softTerminate();

So, this is a simple method to have background running loop.