Why is no one using make for Java?

Question

Just about every Java project that I\'ve seen either uses Maven or Ant. They are fine tools and I think just about any project can use them. But what ever happened to make

Answer 1

Actually, make can handle the recompilation in one command of all outdated java files. Change the first line if you don't want to compile all files in the directory or want a specific order...

JAVA_FILES:=$(wildcard *.java)
#
# the rest is independent of the directory
#
JAVA_CLASSES:=$(patsubst %.java,%.class,$(JAVA_FILES))

.PHONY: classes
LIST:=

classes: $(JAVA_CLASSES)
        if [ ! -z "$(LIST)" ] ; then \
                javac $(LIST) ; \
        fi

$(JAVA_CLASSES) : %.class : %.java
        $(eval LIST+=$$<)