java-design-patterns/poison-pill/README.md

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layout: pattern
title: Poison Pill
folder: poison-pill
permalink: /patterns/poison-pill/
categories: Behavioral
tags:
 - Cloud distributed
 - Reactive
---

## Intent
Poison Pill is known predefined data item that allows to provide
graceful shutdown for separate distributed consumption process.

## Class diagram
![alt text](./etc/poison-pill.png "Poison Pill")

## Applicability
Use the Poison Pill idiom when

* Need to send signal from one thread/process to another to terminate

## Real world examples

* [akka.actor.PoisonPill](http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.1.4/java/untyped-actors.html)
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			`Poison Pill is known predefined data item that allows to provide`
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			`Use the Poison Pill idiom when`
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Work towards #56: Add permalink to every pattern This makes cleaner URLs thanks to jekyll 2015-08-15 18:03:05 +02:00			`* [akka.actor.PoisonPill](http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.1.4/java/untyped-actors.html)`