atomic block of code?

[david zhang]

Hi,

I am coding an application. It has a thread that can be requested to stop any time during its execution.
Inside the thread, there are a few lines of code that should be executed all or none. In another word,
if the thread runs in the middle of this block, then outside interrupt/stop request should not stop the thread
before the block finishes. How can this be accomplished? This block of code has nothing to do with database write.

Thanks,
David

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Depends on how the "request to stop" is being made. If you're using the deprecated stop() method, then I don't believe there's anything you can do. If you're using interrupt() or a "stop flag" of your own devising, then you simply need to not check these things during the block of statements.

[david zhang]

Ernest,

Thanks for your advice. I will try.

David