Kill a java app that is stuck and over running.

kill-stuck-java.java

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.Future;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                // stuff here that was in main
                logger.debug("threaded started ");
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(60 * 1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                    java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger(tester.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                }
                logger.debug("threaded finished ");
            }
        });

        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
        executor.submit(t, out);
        executor.shutdown();
        if (executor.awaitTermination(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
            logger.info("All threads done with their jobs");
        }
        else
        {
            logger.error("we cancelled the thread");
        }