Run JAVA program as background service

Question

Im doing an application in android,which connects to a PC via a Java server program using socket programming...

I need to run the Java server program as a background service...

can anybody pls help me???

 ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
      Socket socket = null;
      DataInputStream dataInputStream = null;
      DataOutputStream dataOutputStream = null;

      try {
       serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8888);
       System.out.println("Listening :8888");
      } catch (IOException e) {
       // TODO Auto-generated catch block
       e.printStackTrace();
      }

      while(true){
       try {
        socket = serverSocket.accept();
        dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
        dataOutputStream = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
        System.out.println("ip: " + socket.getInetAddress());
        System.out.println("message: " + dataInputStream.readUTF());
        //dataOutputStream.writeUTF("Hello!");
        //String dataStream = dataInputStream.readUTF();
       // System.out.println("message: " + dataStream);
        //dataOutputStream.writeUTF("Hello!");
        c++;
        dataOutputStream.writeUTF(ss+c);
       } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
       }
       finally{
        if( socket!= null){
         try {
          socket.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
         }
        }

        if( dataInputStream!= null){
         try {
          dataInputStream.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
         }
        }

        if( dataOutputStream!= null){
         try {
          dataOutputStream.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
          // TODO Auto-generated catch block
          e.printStackTrace();
         }

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:51

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You will need to "wrap" your java application to run as a service. This will allow the java program to execute just like other services. There are tools available for this purpose. See Java Service Wrapper and YAJSW for more details.

answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:51

Manish

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:42

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yes, you can run the java application by use Java Service Wrapper.

answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:42

Liping Huang

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:43

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Try setting the Java code as a Batch file;if it is for a Windows OS...

answered Jan 09 '12 at 06:43

subrussn90

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OP says, "Im doing an application in android" – Nishant Jan 09 '12 at 06:45
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@Nishant: OP says "which connects to a PC via a Java server program using socket programming". He needs to run the Java Server program as service, not the android application. – Manish Jan 09 '12 at 06:53

Run JAVA program as background service

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