How to use

stop

method

in

javax.media.opengl.GLAnimatorControl

public void stopAnimator( )
{
  animator.stop( );
}

  @Override
  public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
  {
    // stop the animation thread before exiting
    animator.stop( );
    // dispose of GlimpseLayouts and GlimpsePainters attached to GlimpseCanvas
    canvas.disposeAttached( );
    // destroy heavyweight canvas and GLContext
    canvas.destroy( );
  }
} );

@Override
public void disposingAllFrames( DockingGroup dockingGroup )
{
  if ( dockingAppName != null )
  {
    saveDockingArrangement( dockingAppName, dockingGroup.captureArrangement( ) );
  }
  views.set( ImmutableSet.of( ) );
  animator.stop( );
}

  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
  @Override
  public void shutdownRenderingAction() {
    final GLAnimatorControl anim = GLWindow.this.getAnimator();
    if ( null != anim && anim.isAnimating() ) {
      final Thread animThread = anim.getThread();
      if( animThread == Thread.currentThread() ) {
        anim.stop(); // on anim thread, non-blocking
      } else {
        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
          @Override
          public Object run() {
            if( anim.isAnimating() && null != animThread ) {
              try {
                animThread.stop();
              } catch(final Throwable t) {
                if( DEBUG ) {
                  System.err.println("Caught "+t.getClass().getName()+": "+t.getMessage());
                  t.printStackTrace();
                }
              }
            }
            return null;
          } } );
      }
    }
  }
}