我怎样才能重新开始线程？

Question

I know time and time again people have asked how to start a thread after it's been stopped and everyone says you can't. This isn't a duplicate to that because I've found no solution for the problem.

private void runInBackground() {
    new Thread(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            while (running) {
                try {
                    checkPixel();
                } catch (AWTException e1) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e1.printStackTrace();
                }
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }).start();
}

@Override
public void nativeKeyPressed(NativeKeyEvent e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     System.out.println("Key Pressed: " + NativeKeyEvent.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()));
     if(NativeKeyEvent.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()).equals("F9")){
         stop();
     }
     else if(NativeKeyEvent.getKeyText(e.getKeyCode()).equals("F10")){

     }

So in my code I'm listening for global key events using JNativeHook. I can successfully stop the checkPixels() using the F9 key but I'm not understanding what I should do using F10 when I wanna start up checkPixel() again.

checkPixel() basically checks for a change in pixel color

ANSWERED Added an if statement for my state variable running and keep the while loop true allows me to turn on/off the method while keeping the thread open. Thank you Jaboyc

    private void runInBackground() {
    new Thread(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            while (true) {
                if(running){
                    try {
                        checkPixel();
                    } catch (AWTException e1) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e1.printStackTrace();
                    }
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }).start();
}

Answer 1

Would this work

while (true) {
    if (running) {
        doStuff();
    }
}

in the run method?