/* * Copyright (c) 1999, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ /* * @test * @bug 4288198 * @summary Killing a Timer thread causes the Timer to fail silently on * subsequent use. */ import java.util.*; public class KillThread { static volatile Thread tdThread; public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception { Timer t = new Timer(); // Start a mean event that kills the timer thread t.schedule(new TimerTask() { public void run() { tdThread = Thread.currentThread(); throw new ThreadDeath(); } }, 0); // Wait for mean event to do the deed and thread to die. try { do { Thread.sleep(100); } while(tdThread == null); } catch(InterruptedException e) { } tdThread.join(); // Try to start another event try { // Timer thread is dead now t.schedule(new TimerTask() { public void run() { } }, 0); throw new Exception("We failed silently"); } catch(IllegalStateException e) { // Killing the Timer thread is equivalent to cancelling the Timer } } }