How to stop/terminate java program by pressing Ctrl+C & Ctrl+Alt+Del for window plateform?

Question

I want to terminate my current Java Program's Execution as like,

System.exit(0);

while user press either one of following key-combination from key-board,

 1. Ctrl+C

 2. Ctrl+Alt+Del

I have searched a lot but nothing seems to be correct. if possible then please provide me a fruitful code snippet too.

thank you, :-)

@KumaresanPerumal how Runtime.getRuntime.exit(0); will capture my Ctrl+C key from key-board ? i want while my program runs infinity and in between Ctrl+C press and terminate. — Vishal Gajera, May 20 '16 at 11:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Seems you are looking for Shutdown hooks in java

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered May 20 '16 at 11:48

Amey Jadiye

have you try & execute what actually provided by them? – Vishal Gajera May 20 '16 at 11:53
yes, we always write shutdownhooks in all application so we can handle `SIGHUP` or `Ctrl+C` – Amey Jadiye May 20 '16 at 12:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '16 at 12:36

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you can terminate the java.exe running process by above code

answered May 20 '16 at 12:36

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