Running Java programs as services
Some Java code is packaged to run easily as a long running service (Tomcat for instance), but if you are writing your own code or are using code that has not been set up to run in this way it be problematic.
Fortunately TunakiSoftware have provided a solution, a wrapper that takes care of all the problems and even runs with the same config files on Windows and Linux. It can be found at http://wrapper.tanukisoftware.org/doc/english/introduction.html.
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