How do I kill a Thread if the code hangs within the run() ?

myThread = new Thread()

{

public void run()

{

while(flag)

{

System.out.println("doh");

}

}

};

myThread.start();

//these next two lines of course work but stop() is deprecated

Thread.sleep(5000);

//myThread.stop();




So my question is 'pretend' the System.out.println hangs and never continues so you never make it to the bottom bracket of the while loop . Therefore you never have reference (can't set Thread=null) so you need a direct handle to the Thread (like the stop() method). So how do I kill the Thread without using the stop()

Thanks!!!