public class myjava{
public static void main(String[] args){
Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Inside Add Shutdown Hook");
}
});
System.out.println("Shut Down Hook Attached.");
System.out.println(5/0); //Operating system sends SIGFPE to the JVM
//the JVM catches it and constructs a
//ArithmeticException class, and since you
//don't catch this with a try/catch, dumps
//it to screen and terminates. The shutdown
//hook is triggered, doing final cleanup.
}
}
Then run it:
el@apollo:~$ javac myjava.java
el@apollo:~$ java myjava
Shut Down Hook Attached.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
at myjava.main(myjava.java:11)
Inside Add Shutdown Hook
NOTE: The functionality being within sun.* package would also mean that it may not be portable/behave-the-same across all OS(s). But you may want to try it out.