Programmatically shut down Spring Boot application

Question

How can I programmatically shutdown a Spring Boot application without terminating the VM?

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Answer 1

This will make sure that the SpringBoot application is closed properly and the resources are released back to the operating system,

@Autowired
private ApplicationContext context;

@GetMapping("/shutdown-app")
public void shutdownApp() {

    int exitCode = SpringApplication.exit(context, (ExitCodeGenerator) () -> 0);
    System.exit(exitCode);
}