A service wrapper is a

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that

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arbitrary programs thus enabling them to be installed and run as

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s or

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s, programs that run in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user. They are often automatically started at boot time. Arbitrary programs cannot run as services or daemons, unless they fulfil specific requirements which depend on the

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. They also have to be installed in order for the operating system to identify them as such. Various projects exist offering a Java service wrapper, as

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itself doesn't support creating system services. Some wrappers may add additional functionality to monitor the health of the application or to communicate with it.

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