Run application as windows service

863708

I'm developing a windows desktop (standalone) application.
How how do I run my java application as Windows Services ?
Should I change my application code?

gimbal2

Java is platform independent, as such it doesn't do OS specific things like installing as a Windows service.

But there are external pieces of software that can make it happen for you, they are simply called "service wrappers". There are a few, I don't know which one is good and which one is not. This one is on sourceforge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wrapper/


Do a google search for "java windows service wrapper" to find more.

879767

We use the Tanuki wrapper and find it's pretty good (although we pay for the commercial license)
http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.com/doc/english/download.jsp