https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47881

--- Comment #5 from Filip Hanik <fha...@apache.org> 2009-10-09 06:48:53 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > With "startd", as there is no "await", the method completes immediately (and
> > the application quits).
> > 
> > That it is only useful if exiting that "main" method does not complete the
> > application. Thus if it is not the actual entry point of the application. If
> > so, does anyone need to use it that way?
> 
> Yes, you are totally right. After the main method ends, all the daemon threads
> (such as 'http-8080-Acceptor-0', 'TP-Processor', etc.) will end too. I never
> thought of this consequence. So, what's the point of 'startd' and 'stopd',
> anyway?

public static void main(String[] args) can be called from another Java class,
its not exclusive to the JVM

It would be a different way of embedding Tomcat, at which point one wants the
thread to return

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