Could Java be used to write a Win32 System Service?

Question

The title sort of sums it up. I was thinking of using Jabaco seeing as it makes .EXEs (as well as .jar files), and I'm more familiar with VB syntax than with Java.

Answer 1

You could certainly do this with the Java Service Wrapper. I'm not familiar with Jabaco, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if you can simply reference the Jabaco runtime from the Java Service Wrapper. It's a pretty trivial tool to use, and the free variant should be sufficient.

Answer 2

Also, there is a java specific win32 service wrapper: JSL