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How can I run code when the JRE is shutting down?

Created May 4, 2012

Davanum Srinivas

In JDK 1.3 you can use the following snippet: 

Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
    public void run() { 
    // Your code goes here.
    }
});
For more information, look at Sun's Design of the Shutdown Hooks document.