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+/* Copyright (C) 2005 MySQL AB
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA */
+
+#pragma once
+
+class WindowsService
+{
+protected:
+  bool                  inited;
+  const char            *serviceName;
+  const char            *displayName;
+  const char            *username;
+  const char            *password;
+  SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE statusHandle;
+  DWORD                 statusCheckpoint;
+  SERVICE_STATUS        status;
+  DWORD                 dwAcceptedControls;
+  bool                  debugging;
+
+public:
+  WindowsService(void);
+  ~WindowsService(void);
+
+  BOOL  Install(const char *szFilePath);
+  BOOL  Remove();
+  BOOL  Init();
+  BOOL  IsInstalled();
+  void  SetAcceptedControls(DWORD acceptedControls);
+  void  Debug(bool debugFlag) { debugging= debugFlag; }
+
+public:
+  static void WINAPI    ServiceMain(DWORD argc, LPTSTR *argv);
+  static void WINAPI    ControlHandler(DWORD CtrlType);
+
+protected:
+  virtual void Run(DWORD argc, LPTSTR *argv)= 0;
+  virtual void Stop()                 {}
+  virtual void Shutdown()             {}
+  virtual void Pause()                {}
+  virtual void Continue()             {}
+  virtual void Log(const char *msg)   {}
+
+  BOOL ReportStatus(DWORD currentStatus, DWORD waitHint= 3000, DWORD dwError=0);
+  void HandleControlCode(DWORD opcode);
+  void RegisterAndRun(DWORD argc, LPTSTR *argv);
+};