In HttpServlet destroy method of servlet is not called when server(Tomcat4.0) is stopped

The destroy() method does get correctly called. I have tried it and I know it does get called when it should.

Try to add the following method to TestServlet.java:

public void destroy() {
	log("TestServlet.destroy()");
}

Start and stop the Tomcat server. You will find the string "TestServlet.destroy()" in the log file localhost.2007-10-28.log (substitute the year/month/day with your local year/month/day).