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service/service.go
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// Package service provides a simple way to create a system service.
// Currently supports Windows, Linux/(systemd | Upstart), and OSX/Launchd.
package service
import "bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
// Creates a new service. name is the internal name
// and should not contain spaces. Display name is the pretty print
// name. The description is an arbitrary string used to describe the
// service.
func NewService(name, displayName, description string) (Service, error) {
return newService(name, displayName, description)
}
// Represents a generic way to interact with the system's service.
type Service interface {
Installer
Controller
Runner
Logger
}
// A Generic way to stop and start a service.
type Runner interface {
// Call quickly after initial entry point. Does not return until
// service is ready to stop. onStart is called when the service is
// starting, returning an error will fail to start the service.
// If an error is returned from onStop, the service will still stop.
// An error passed from onStart or onStop will be returned as
// an error from Run.
// Both callbacks should return quickly and not block.
Run(onStart, onStop func() error) error
}
// Simple install and remove commands.
type Installer interface {
// Installs this service on the system. May return an
// error if this service is already installed.
Install() error
// Removes this service from the system. May return an
// error if this service is not already installed.
Remove() error
}
// A service that implements ServiceController is able to
// start and stop itself.
type Controller interface {
// Starts this service on the system.
Start() error
// Stops this service on the system.
Stop() error
}
// A service that implements ServiceLogger can perform simple system logging.
type Logger interface {
// Basic log functions in the context of the service.
Error(format string, a ...interface{}) error
Warning(format string, a ...interface{}) error
Info(format string, a ...interface{}) error
}
// Depreciated. Use osext.Executable instead.
// Returns the full path of the running executable
// as reported by the system. Includes the executable
// image name.
func GetExePath() (exePath string, err error) {
return osext.Executable()
}