title: kill -3 or jstack : What is the difference?
body: <p>I want to get the thread dump of my web app that running on a jboss server.</p>
  
  <p>I found two solutions for my problem : </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Using the unix command : kill -3 </li>
  <li>Using the jstack tool that exists in the JDK.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Can anyone explain to me the difference between theses two methods?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance !</p>