Re: Controlled shutdown of a Java "daemon"

["Joe Pluta " <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Okay, now that that's out of the way... the way I usually shut down my servers 
is with a shutdown request.  What's wrong with that approach?  And if you MUST 
use the shutdown technique, write a small subsystem monitor that checks for 
shutdown, and sends shutdown requests to the Java applications.

Joe

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: marshall@dpslink.com
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:52:08 -0500

>I'm running a java program as a daemon process in it's own subsystem.  It 
>is initiated via RUNJVA in a CL program.  The job responds to requests 
>placed on a data queue.  It never ends, it justs waits on requests.
>
>So far this is working great, but I am looking for a "nice" way to shut 
>the thing down.  I'd like it to end via a controlled shutdown of the 
>subsystem (ENDSBS xxxx *CNTRLD).  Currently, a controlled end of the 
>subsystem without a delay time value will cause the subsystem to never 
>end.
>
>I'm hoping there is a way for my java program to check that a controlled 
>shutdown has been requested so that it can shut itself down in an orderly 
>fashion and end via a System.exit(0).  Any ideas???
>===
>Marshall Dunbar
>DPS, Inc.
>marshall@dpslink.com
>(317)574-4300 (800)654-4689
>====

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