Stopping a thread in java pgm

Stopping a thread

import java.util.Timer;

import java.util.TimerTask;

class CanStop extends Thread

{

   private volatile boolean stop = false;

   private int counter = 0;

   public void run()

   {

      while (!stop && counter < 10000)

      {

         System.out.println(counter++);

      }

      if (stop)

      System.out.println("Detected stop");

   }

   public void requestStop()

  {

      stop = true;

   }

}

public class Stopping

{

   public static void main(String[] args)

   {

      final CanStop stoppable = new CanStop();

      stoppable.start();

      new Timer(true).schedule(new TimerTask()

      {

         public void run()

         {

            System.out.println("Requesting stop");

            stoppable.requestStop();

         }

      }, 350);

   }

}