java中如何结束线程_如何正确停止Java中的线程？

我需要一个解决方案来正确停止Java中的线程。

我有IndexProcessor实现Runnable接口的类：

public class IndexProcessor implements Runnable {

private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IndexProcessor.class);

@Override

public void run() {

boolean run = true;

while (run) {

try {

LOGGER.debug("Sleeping...");

Thread.sleep((long) 15000);

LOGGER.debug("Processing");

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

LOGGER.error("Exception", e);

run = false;

}

}

}

}

我有ServletContextListener启动和停止线程的类：

public class SearchEngineContextListener implements ServletContextListener {

private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SearchEngineContextListener.class);

private Thread thread = null;

@Override

public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {

thread = new Thread(new IndexProcessor());

LOGGER.debug("Starting thread: " + thread);

thread.start();

LOGGER.debug("Background process successfully started.");

}

@Override

public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {

LOGGER.debug("Stopping thread: " + thread);

if (thread != null) {

thread.interrupt();

LOGGER.debug("Thread successfully stopped.");

}

}

}

但是当我关闭tomcat时，我在IndexProcessor类中得到了异常：

2012-06-09 17:04:50,671 [Thread-3] ERROR IndexProcessor Exception

java.lang.InterruptedException: sleep interrupted

at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)

at lt.ccl.searchengine.processor.IndexProcessor.run(IndexProcessor.java:22)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

我正在使用JDK 1.6。所以问题是：

如何停止线程并且不引发任何异常？

PS我不想使用.stop();方法，因为它已过时。