title: Programmatically shut down Spring Boot application
body: <p>How can I <strong>programmatically shutdown</strong> a <strong>Spring Boot</strong> application <strong>without terminating the VM</strong>?</p>
  
  <p>In other works, what is the opposite of</p>
  
  <pre><code>new SpringApplication(Main.class).run(args);
  </code></pre>