Does anyone out there have thoughts on this?
Thanks,
jsdf
On Aug 28, 5:56 pm, jsdf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Android experts,
> I have a tricky question that I would like some advice on.
>
> I have a thread that does a large amount of network and database
> work. E.g.:
>
> new Thread(new Runnable() {
> public void run() {
> String largeData = getLargeDataFromServer();
> Object largeObject = xmlParser.parseFromXml(largeData);
> saveLargeObjectToDatabase();
> putLargeDataToSecondServer();
> }
>
> }).start();
>
> The problem I have is that I need to stop this thread at any point.
> It does not need to stop absolutely immediately, but given limited
> network and memory on the phone, the sooner I can stop it the better.
>
> I currently am testing and stopping with a method similar to this:
>
> new Thread(new Runnable() {
> public void run() {
> if (shouldStop) return;
> String largeData = getLargeDataFromServer();
> if (shouldStop) return;
> Object largeObject = xmlParser.parseFromXml(largeData);
> if (shouldStop) return;
> saveLargeObjectToDatabase();
> if (shouldStop) return;
> putLargeDataToSecondServer();
> }
>
> }).start();
>
> This makes me very uncomfortable, and litters my code with these
> shouldStop statements. Furthermore, if the system is in any of the
> four long functions, that function has to complete before the test can
> actually happen.
>
> I notice that there is a Thread.stop(), but the comments warn against
> using it.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to reconfigure the thread so I can
> stop relatively quickly and regardless of whether execution is in one
> of its subfunctions?
>
> Thanks so much in advance,
> jsdf
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