RE: Controlled shutdown of a Java "daemon"

Dedicate a thread to using a native method with
the QUSRJOBI or QWCRTVCA APIs to retreive
the 'End Status' information.
If the job is ending the native method
This will solve your subsystem never ending problem.
Although remember, System.exit() is not really 'orderly'.
8-)

Here's an example C program that polls every 5 seconds.
Replace main() with your native method, and have it
throw an exception or return a specific return code to the JVM.

#ifdef __AIXxiCC__
#include <qusrjobi.cleinc>
#include <qusec.cleinc>
#else
#include <qusrjobi.h>
#include <qusec.h>
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int isEndJobControlled(void);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  while (1) {
    printf("Checking for *CNTRL'd endjob\n");
    if (isEndJobControlled()) {
      printf("Bailing. Someone did endjob *CNTRL'd\n");
      exit(0);
    }
    printf("Sleeping for a bit\n");
    sleep(5);
  }
  return 0;
}

int isEndJobControlled(void)
{
  Qwc_JOBI0600_t                info;
  Qus_EC_t                      errorCode = { sizeof(errorCode), 0 };

  memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));

  QUSRJOBI(&info, sizeof(info),
           "JOBI0600",                   /* Format of returned Data     */
           "*                         ", /* This job                    */
           "                ",           /* Unused                      */
           &errorCode);                  /* Error Code                  */

  if (errorCode.Bytes_Available != 0) {
    printf("Error on QUSRJOBI, <%.7s>\n", errorCode.Exception_Id);
    return 1;
  }
  /* The End_Status field describes if the job is in a controlled       */
  /* End state                                                          */
  if (info.End_Status[0] == '1') {
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}



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