How to force a Java thread to close a thread-local database connection

Question

When Using a thread-local database connection, closure of the connection is required when the thread exists.

This I can only do if I can override the run() method of the

Answer 1

You had to open the connection once, so you also have to handle the closure at the same place. Depending on your environment the threads may be reused and you cannot expect the thread to be garbage collected before the shutdown of the application.