How to kill a java thread using VisualVM or using a unix command?

Question

I m using windows 7 OS. I have around 6 threads in my application. For the purpose of testing the alerts to check the health of the threads, i need to kill the thre

Answer 1

There is no safe way to "kill" a thread without killing the process it is in. It not something you would do deliberately. For testing purposes I would add code to your application to support this.