[CASSANDRA-7998] Remove the usage of System.exit() calls in core services

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Heiko Braun
• Reporter: Heiko Braun

Authors

Heiko Braun

Reviewers

Brandon Williams

• Created: 24/Sep/14 09:05
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 15/Oct/14 20:19

Description

The use of System.exit() prevents using the CassandraDaemon as a managed service (managed from another Java process). The core services (StorageService,DatabaseDescriptor, SSTableReader) should propagate exceptions back to the callee so the decision to exit the VM (unmanaged case) or further delegate that decision (managed case) can be handled in a well defined place.