/** Stops unicast and multicast receiver threads */
void stopThreads() {
Thread tmp;
// 1. Stop the multicast receiver thread
if (mcast_receiver != null) {
if (mcast_receiver.isAlive()) {
tmp = mcast_receiver;
mcast_receiver = null;
closeMulticastSocket(); // will cause the multicast thread to terminate
tmp.interrupt();
try {
tmp.join(100);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
tmp = null;
}
mcast_receiver = null;
}
// 2. Stop the unicast receiver thread
if (ucast_receiver != null) {
ucast_receiver.stop();
ucast_receiver = null;
}
// 3. Stop the in_packet_handler thread
if (incoming_packet_handler != null) {
incoming_packet_handler.stop();
}
}
