title: Java, how to stop threads
body: <p>So I create a thread</p>
  
  <pre><code>Thread personThread = new Thread(Person);
  personThread.start();
  
  /** Now to stop it **/
  personThread.stop();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is, when I try to compile I get: <code>warning: [deprecation] stop() in Thread has been deprecated</code>. As I am to understand, this is no longer used method. How can I then completely stop a thread, irrelevant of it's status?</p>