Thread stop method in Java

In java, stop() method kills/terminates the currently executing thread.

class A extends Thread {
    public void run() {
        for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
            if (i == 3) 
                stop();
            System.out.println("A" + i);
        }
        System.out.println("Exit from A");
    }
}
public class TestMain {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        A a = new A();
        a.start();
    }
}

class A extends Thread {

public void run() {

for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {

if (i == 3)

stop();

System.out.println("A" + i);

}

System.out.println("Exit from A");

}

public class TestMain {

public static void main(String args[]) {

A a = new A();

a.start();

}

Result

A1
A2

Description: in the above program, when value of variable i=3 then stop() method terminates the curently executing thread and come out of the loop.