Java Thread.stop() vs Thread.interrupt()

Question

I have the following code:

renderThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
            System.out.println("Number: " + i);
        }
    }
});

renderThread.start();

try {
    Thread.sleep(100);
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

renderThread.interrupt(); //It should stop, but it does not stop.

renderThread.interrupt() does not interrupt the thread, it continues to run. If I replace renderThread.interrupt() with .stop(), then the thread stops. However, .stop() is deprecated. Then, what is the proper way of stopping a thread, if stop is deprecated and interrupt does not work?

Java Thread.stop() vs Thread.interrupt()

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