Threading: 08- Aborting a running thread

A running thread can be aborted using Thread.Abort method. When we abort a thread, a thread abort exception will be thrown in that thread.

 

using System;
using System.Threading;

// Thread.Abort

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Console.WriteLine("Main Started");
        var th = new Thread(Greet); // Create new thread
        th.Start(new object[] { "Bob", "Good Morning" });  // Execute Greet method in the created thread
        Thread.Sleep(500);
        th.Abort();
        Console.WriteLine("Main Completed");
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    private static void Greet(object info) {
        try {
            Thread.Sleep(1000);
            Console.WriteLine("Hi {0}, {1}!", (info as object[])[0], (info as object[])[1]);
            Thread.Sleep(1000);
        }
        catch (ThreadAbortException) {
            Console.WriteLine("Greet Aborted");
        }
    }
}

 

Output:

Main Started
Main Completed
Greet Aborted