Name: skR10005 Date: 10/25/2001


The thread does not terminate immediately if it was stopped before it was started.
The API spec for method Thread.stop reads:
  "It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread
   is eventually started, it immediately terminates."

To reproduce the failure the following simple example can be used:
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public class test {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        A a = new A();
        a.stop();
        a.start();
        try {
            a.join();
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            System.out.println("Unexpected exception" + e);
        }
        if(a.state) {
            System.out.println("Passed");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Failed");
        }
    }
}

class A extends Thread {
  public volatile boolean state = true;
  public void run() {
      state = false;
  }
}
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$java -version
java version "1.4.0-beta3"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta3-b84, mixed mode)
$java -cp . test
Failed


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From 6195215 (closed as a dupe of this CR):

A licensee reports the thread.stop() behavior does not follow the specifications
in thread.stop() API Document(although stop() is deprecated....)

According to the API document of thread.stop(),

.....
It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is eventually started, it immediately terminates.
....

They hoped "when stopped thread starts , the thread terminates without doing anything."