Of course, there are very, very few cases where you want threads hanging around for resources that are unlikely to become available... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957135#3957135 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3957135