add custom shutdown endpoint

spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shutdown/Application.java

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class Application {
-
+    
     public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ public class Application {
         app.build().addListeners(new ApplicationPidFileWriter("./bin/shutdown.pid"));
         app.run();
     }
+
 }

spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/shutdown/shutdown/ShutdownController.java

@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 package com.baeldung.shutdown.shutdown;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
-public class ShutdownController {
+public class ShutdownController implements ApplicationContextAware {
+    
+    private ApplicationContext context;
+    
+    @PostMapping("/shutdownContext")
+    public void shutdownContext() {
+        ((ConfigurableApplicationContext) context).close();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext ctx) throws BeansException {
+        this.context = ctx;
+        
+    }
 }