| layout | pattern |
|---|---|
| title | Poison Pill |
| folder | poison-pill |
| permalink | /patterns/poison-pill/ |
| pumlid | JSZ14SCm20NHLf82BExfXiYCJGOX3NpYzkDZRllsgTwjTgcmnmciV145N-rGdFMkbEZJ8OxMvo2rkXWSzE4lRxka7huj1YGyQN3UGMjgpdkh6Gdwlrl5QAk6_G00 |
| categories | Other |
| tags |
Poison Pill is known predefined data item that allows to provide graceful shutdown for separate distributed consumption process.
Use the Poison Pill idiom when
- need to send signal from one thread/process to another to terminate