If I start Tomcat and let it run for ~30 seconds (ie, let my webapp load completely), I can shut it down without any errors. However, if I start Tomcat and very shortly after try to shut it down again (before my webapp has finished loading), I get the following error in the logs: : : Oct 26 2007 14:00:44.124 -0400: %_--: Catalina.stop: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195) at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182) at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:519) at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:469) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:366) at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:179) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.stopServer(Catalina.java:395) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessor Impl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.stopServer(Bootstrap.java:344) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:435)
Nothing else appears in the logs afterwards, so I have no idea what's happening, but I'm pretty sure Tomcat keeps running and my webapp's shutdown code is never called. Any ideas? Thanks, Jim