Question

I am writing a simple HTTP server where the main thread loops in a ServerSocket.accept loop and passing any incoming sockets to worker threads, which will then process them and send back responses. However, I want to special case a shutdown request that will shut down my whole server. I am having trouble using a worker thread to force the main thread to break out of the accept loop and terminate.

Any pointers?

Answer 1

like mentioned in this thread you can just call close() on the server socket which will lead to an Exception in the accept call.