I have set a flag to end the thread since interrupt() is deprecated. However, destroy()
method is not called when I unload my webapp thru the admin console. Therefore,
the thread still running after I have unload my webapp.

"Perianayagam.T" wrote:
>
>Iam not getting what u mean by stopping the context...
>But what I suggest you is in the destroy() method of the servlet (which
>is bascially
>the destructor of the servlet ) you can interrupt (thread.interrupt()
> )the thread
>which was spawned initially...
>
>pls let me know if my understanding was correct..
>Ref:http://java.sun.com/j2ee/sdk_1.3/tec....html#destroy()
>Thanks
>Perianayagam.T
>
>
>"TH Lim" wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>What is the best way to spawn a thread when the servlet context starts
>>and terminates
>>when the context stops or ends in Weblogic 6.1? At the moment, I use
>>a startup
>>on load servlet to kick off a thread to start my background process.
>>This process
>>does a JDBC SELECT, performs some calculations and finally, JDBC INSERT
>>or UPDATE
>>resutls into a few tables. The problem I'm faing now is that when the
>>context
>>is stopped, the thread still running. Pls. advise. Thank you.
>>
>>/lim/
>