interrupt() Method

The use of this method is generally discouraged; it is not currently specified as particularly useful. The Java Language Specification (JLS) defines it as a way to interrupt a target thread only if and when it calls the wait() method.

However, on the Solaris platform, the semantics have been extended so that it also interrupts the target thread's I/O calls. Do not depend on this extension, as it might be discontinued. Additionally, using the extended, I/O interruption semantics of the interrupt method makes the code non-portable across different JVMs.