Eclipse: stop code from running (java)

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Sometimes, I'll run a program that accidentally contains an infinite loop or something. Eclipse will let me continue editing the program, but be super slow. How can I stop it? (Do I want to restart the JVM?) Restarting eclipse itself always works, but that breaks my workflow.

It's a pretty old question..but...there is a very basic approach that seems to be missing here so: Don't forget that you can use **System.exit** from within your code to terminate the program when required (no devops scripts are required). Read more about it here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3715967/when-should-we-call-system-exit-in-java — ymz, Jan 07 '18 at 13:40

score 87 · Accepted Answer · edited May 08 '15 at 07:09

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Open the Console view, locate the console for your running app and hit the Big Red Button.

Alternatively if you open the Debug perspective you will see all running apps in (by default) the top left. You can select the one that's causing you grief and once again hit the Big Red Button. enter image description here

edited May 08 '15 at 07:09

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answered Oct 04 '09 at 00:12

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Debug view is often more convenient as it shows all running processes. The console only shows one of them. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Oct 04 '09 at 07:32
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Any idea how to gracefully shutdown the JVM so that various shutdown hooks get executed? – HaveAGuess Jun 08 '11 at 11:14
@SCdF, Why is there no red button for Android? – Pacerier Nov 17 '14 at 08:50
@Pacerier my answer is five years old buddy, I have no clue :-) – SCdF Nov 17 '14 at 22:48

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '13 at 19:22

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For newer versions of Eclipse:

open the Debug perspective (Window > Open Perspective > Debug)
select process in Devices list (bottom right)
Hit Stop button (top right of Devices pane)

answered Feb 26 '13 at 19:22

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Also, if the process is stopped by Eclipse but your swing windows are still running you can click the 'remove launch' or 'remove all terminated launch' x's to kill the windows. – Automate This Nov 26 '13 at 05:38

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '12 at 09:55

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I have a .bat file on my quick task bar (windows) with:

taskkill /F /IM java.exe

It's very quick, but it may not be good in many situations!

answered Mar 22 '12 at 09:55

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How safe / reliable is this? – Pacerier Nov 17 '14 at 09:00

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 20:02

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The easiest way to do this is to click on the Terminate button(red square) in the console:

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answered Jul 03 '15 at 20:02

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 11 '16 at 11:18

For Eclipse: menu bar-> window -> show view then find "debug" option if not in list then select other ...

new window will open and then search using keyword "debug" -> select debug from list

it will added near console tab. use debug tab to terminate and remove previous executions. ( right clicking on executing process will show you many option including terminate)

Eclipse: stop code from running (java)

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