how do I interupt a blocking InputStream?

> I need to interrupt an InputStream blocked on the

> read() call. this stream is not necessarily a socket,

> so soTimeout will not work here.

>

> I have tried interrupt on the thread, but it does not

> work. any ideas?

By only doing the read if a character is available.

while(in.available())

{

... in.read ( ... ) ;

}

MartinS. at 2007-6-29 11:46:27 >

> I need to interrupt an InputStream blocked on the

> read() call. this stream is not necessarily a socket,

> so soTimeout will not work here.

>

> I have tried interrupt on the thread, but it does not

> work. any ideas?

By only doing the read if a character is available.

while(in.available()){ ... in.read ( ... ) ;}

MartinS. at 2007-6-29 11:46:27 >