'exiting' program without stopping jvm

Question

Can anyone please tell me how to exit my standalone java program without stopping the jvm ?!
ie without using System.exit(*). Since I read it stops the jvm also along with the program !
I only want my program with 'main' method in it to stop.
Thanks

Answer 1

The most common way is just to let the main method complete. Here is a simple programimport javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class Test extends JFrame {
  public Test() {
    JPanel content = (JPanel)getContentPane();
    content.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
    JLabel myLabel = new JLabel("I am a Label");
    myLabel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
      public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
     System.out.println("De Label, De Label");
    content.add(myLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setSize(300,300);
    setVisible(true);
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new Test();
}When the line
new Test(); completes, the main method will exit and the event thread will handle exit & mouse clicks. Is this what you mean?