Are java app servers able to destroy threads? If yes, how?

Question

Destroying threads is deprecated in Java (and not implemented according to javadoc), and interrupting it is only a suggestion which upon the thread is expected to quit, but

Answer 1

You're not allowed to create a thread of your own inside an ejb server.

It's not that uncommon to spawn threads in a web container(such as e.g. tomcat) , though you should really think carefully about doing that - and be sure to manage the lifecycle of those threads.