Compile all files in src?

Question

Here's what I've got:

/myjava/compile.cmd
/myjava/src/a/HelloWorld.java
/myjava/src/b/Inner.java
/myjava/src/b/Inner2.java
/myjava/bin

HelloWorld:

package a_pack;

import b_pack.Inner;
import b_back.Inner2; 

public class HelloWorld {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println("Hello, World");     

        Inner myInner = new Inner(); 
        myInner.myInner(); 

        Inner2 myInner2 = new Inner2();
        myInner2.myInner(); 

    }

}

Inner.java

package b_pack; 

public class Inner {

    public void myInner() {
        System.out.println("Inner Method");
    }

}

Inner2.java

package b_pack; 

public class Inner2 {

    public void myInner() {
        System.out.println("SecondInner");
    }

}

Now what I'm trying to do is compile this so I can run.

I could compile it with:

javac -d bin src/a/HelloWorld.java src/b/Inner.java src/b/Inner2.java

But I want to use a generic command that doesn't require listing every subfolder. How do I do this?

You need to compile all of the files you reference, not seeing a way around that. — Hunter McMillen
You should set up a build script with ant or maven and let it do this thinking for you. — Daniel Kaplan
@HunterMcMillen - Is there a command to say 'compile every java file in all subdirectories'? — dwjohnston

Patrick B. Patrick B. · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-15T23:30:06

Since your HelloWorld class imports references to the Inner and Inner2 classes, you can use javac sourcepath flag to compile all the three classes :

javac -d bin -sourcepath src src/a/HelloWorld.java

Compile all files in src?

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