am working on a GUI project so am using threads to execute some functions such as stop,save,open via use of buttons.I can easily create threads but the problem comes when i have to stop,resume,kill. most of this functions in java have depreciated so working with them is no use. 
As an example say i wanted to save data.I will create the function save in the overriden method run.So when a person clicks on save the thread is created and data is saved.But if i click on save again i get an Exception as below.
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException
	at java.lang.Thread.start(Thread.java:705)
	at netcapture.NetCaptureUI$3.actionPerformed(NetCaptureUI.java:201)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2018)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2341)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:252)
	at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:289)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6516)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3312)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6281)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2229)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4872)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2287)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4698)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4832)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4492)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4422)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2273)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2719)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4698)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:747)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$300(EventQueue.java:103)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:706)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:704)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:87)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:720)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:718)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:717)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)
This is an error due to try to create the same thread again.So how cani resume an action or better destroy a thead then re-create it etc.Thread.stop(),Thread.resume() have depreciated an are labelled unsafe.
how would i handle button events while creating threads to actions.I would really appreciate code examples  
 
 