How to kill a java thread using VisualVM or using a unix command?

Question

I m using windows 7 OS. I have around 6 threads in my application. For the purpose of testing the alerts to check the health of the threads, i need to kill the thre

Answer 1

You can't do it from outside (OS or debugger), you'll have to write your own Thread watchdog that can interact with the user and kill the thread you want.

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