question: public void stop ( ) throws InterruptedException { if ( finished ) return ; cancelled = true ; try { thd . interrupt ( ) ; thd . join ( 10000 ) ; thd = null ; } catch ( InterruptedException e ) { logger . warn ( "Connector handler stop operation was interrupted" ) ; if ( thd != null ) thd . join ( ) ; } }
target:  Stop the thread which is serving changes to requesting slaves.