A licensee reports the thread.stop() behavior does not follow the specifications
in thread.stop() API Document(although stop() is deprecated....)

According to the API document of thread.stop(),

.....
It is permitted to stop a thread that has not yet been started. If the thread is eventually started, it immediately terminates.
....

They hoped  "when  stopped thread starts , the thread terminates without doing anything."
However, they found the following test case.

--- Test Case ---->

public class ThreadDeathBeforeStart extends Thread{
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      Thread t = new ThreadDeathBeforeStart();
       t.stop();
       t.start();
}

public void run() {
   System.out.println("aaa");
}

<--- Test Case End -----

The test case outputs "aaa". That does not seem to represent what API documents says.

Ex. )

K:\shares2\thread-stop-behavior-strange>java -showversion ThreadDeathBeforeStart
java version "1.6.0-ea"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.6.0-ea-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-ea-b11, mixed mode)

aaa

K:\shares2\thread-stop-behavior-strange>

CONFIGURATION :
  OS  : WindowsXP(SP1, Japanese)
  JRE : 1.4.2/5.0/6.0b11

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