Maven Windows Service Installer Common Library

Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support.

License	Apache License 2.0
GroupId	com.alexkasko.installer
ArtifactId	windows-service-installer-common
Last Version	1.0.6
Release Date	Sep 18, 2014
Type	jar
Description	Maven Windows Service Installer Common Library Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support.
Project URL	https://github.com/alexkasko/windows-service-installer
Source Code Management	https://github.com/alexkasko/windows-service-installer

Download windows-service-installer-common

Filename	Size
windows-service-installer-common-1.0.6.pom
windows-service-installer-common-1.0.6.jar	321 KB
windows-service-installer-common-1.0.6-sources.jar	319 KB
windows-service-installer-common-1.0.6-javadoc.jar	28 KB

How to add to project

Apache Maven

<!-- https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.alexkasko.installer/windows-service-installer-common/ -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>windows-service-installer-common</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>

Gradle Groovy

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.alexkasko.installer/windows-service-installer-common/
implementation 'com.alexkasko.installer:windows-service-installer-common:1.0.6'

Gradle Kotlin

// https://jarcasting.com/artifacts/com.alexkasko.installer/windows-service-installer-common/
implementation ("com.alexkasko.installer:windows-service-installer-common:1.0.6")

Apache Buildr

'com.alexkasko.installer:windows-service-installer-common:jar:1.0.6'

Apache Ivy

<dependency org="com.alexkasko.installer" name="windows-service-installer-common" rev="1.0.6">
  <artifact name="windows-service-installer-common" type="jar" />
</dependency>

Groovy Grape

@Grapes(
@Grab(group='com.alexkasko.installer', module='windows-service-installer-common', version='1.0.6')
)

Scala SBT

libraryDependencies += "com.alexkasko.installer" % "windows-service-installer-common" % "1.0.6"

Leiningen

[com.alexkasko.installer/windows-service-installer-common "1.0.6"]

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this project. It is a standalone project that does not depend on any other jars.

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

Maven plugin to build installers with Windows service support

This plugin allows to build installers with support to be installed and run as Windows service. Installer is based on izPack, PrunSrv is used for Windows service management.

Maven-generated site.

Plugin usage

Add common library as a dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>windows-service-installer-common</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>

Implement com.alexkasko.installer.DaemonLauncher in application launcher class:

public class Launcher implements DaemonLauncher {
    public void startDaemon() {
        // start application background thread
    }
    public void stopDaemon() {
        // stop (interrupt) application background thread
    }
}

Add plugin to build part of pom file:

<plugin>
    <!-- to be run with "mvn windows-service-installer:installer" -->
    <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-windows-service-installer-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.6</version>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.alexkasko.installer</groupId>
            <artifactId>windows-service-installer-common</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.6</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <configuration>
        ...
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Run mvn windows-service-installer:installer to build installer.

License information

This project is released under the Apache License 2.0

Changelog

1.0.6 (2014-09-17)

• support for custom packs
• icons customizations
• extended support for eng locale

1.0.5 (2014-08-02)

• use absolute paths for app dirs
• allow to use x86 launchers for x86_64 installers

1.0.3 (2014-01-25)

• allow to not start service immediately after installation

1.0.2 (2013-12-17)

• initial public version

Versions

Version
1.0.6 Sep 18, 2014
1.0.5 Aug 2, 2014
1.0.3 Jan 25, 2014
1.0.2 Dec 17, 2013