I got an integration middleware platform sitting on a Windows2003 box,
running smoothly most of the time. But it has been down for a few
times due to some reasons. I am wondering how can I write a piece of
code to check whether this platform is up and running and send
notification emails when it is down. In .NET, there is a class called
"ServiceController", which can allows developer to connect to a
running or stopped service, manipulate it, or get information about
it. Dose Java have this equivalent API or capability to check up the
platform status?

Look forward to any reply.
Best Regards