java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O, mixed mode)

There seems to be no way of stopping a thread that is blocking carrying out I/O
(for example connecting to a URL) - even by using interrupt, apart from calling
stop - which is now deprecated.

For example put the following in a thread run method and try to stop it:
        
        URL url;
        HttpURLConnection http;
        int rcode = 0;
        String rmesg = "";
        String urlTxt = "http://www.a-bad-link.com";
        url = new URL(urlTxt);
        http = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
        http.connect();
        rmesg = http.getResponseMessage();
        rcode = http.getResponseCode();
(Review ID: 97516) 
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None - except by using stop.
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   It is my understanding that neither interrupt nor stop ever worked in this case.  In fact, they work equally well for interrupting I/O (highly platform dependent).  A much better way to interrupt a thread waiting on a socket (HttpURLConnection) is to close the socket.

   There are I/O improvements in progress.  Perhaps they will address this problem more directly.

  xxxxx@xxxxx   1999-12-21

See the specification of the java.nio.channels.Channel interface.

--   xxxxx@xxxxx   2001/7/18