Definitely a more portable suggestion. Tim Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why is a kill done instead of a System.exit()? > > Could instead a background daemon thread be launched, then be made to > sleep for 30(?) second. If the thread wakes up then the tomcat has not > exited properly and System.exit() can be called? > > > Since this class would live in /common or /server - it should be > allowed to call System.exit()? Then one could configure a new entry in > <Server> to choose how long to wait before calling System.exit, for > example: > > > <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN" debug="0" shutdownWait="30"> > > Unless this seems like a bad idea - I can make an attempt to code and > test it. > > > -Tim > > Costin Manolache wrote: > > Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > > > > >>It is OK for web applications to start threads -- as long as the web > >>application cleans up after itself when the application is shut down (the > >>easiest way to detect that is to create a ServletContextListener and wait > >>for the contextDestroyed() method of your listener to be called). > >> > >>The JVM running Tomcat shuts down when all non-daemon threads have been > >>killed. Tomcat properly cleans up all the threads that *it* creates -- it > >>is up to your application to do the same. > > I can backport the "-force" option from 3.3 - basically save the PID > > and then use kill if tomcat doesn't shut down gracefully. > > > Fact is many apps are not cleaning up - and having the whole server > > hunged and unable to restart for one bad app is not good. > > > Costin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Daniel Rall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
