ejavac enhancement proposal

Index: java-utils-2.eclass
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/java-utils-2.eclass,v
retrieving revision 1.100
@@ -1975,13 +1930,27 @@
 # @ebuild-function ejavac
 #
 # Javac wrapper function. Will use the appropriate compiler, based on
-# /etc/java-config/compilers.conf
+# /etc/java-config/compilers.conf. Dies on compiler errors.
 #
+# @example
+#	ejavac -classpath . foo/*.java -d classes
+#	ejavac --srcdir src -d classes
+#
+# @param --srcdir $dir - Specifies a dir that will be recursively searched for
+#		.java files (via find) to pass as to the compiler, instead of passing
+#		a list of files manually. Uses temporary file to store the list, to
+#		prevent too long command line. The list is passed as the last argument.
 # @param $@ - Arguments to be passed to the compiler
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ejavac() {
 	debug-print-function ${FUNCNAME} $*
 
+	local srcdir=""
+	if [[ ${1} == --srcdir ]]; then
+		srcdir="${2}"
+		shift 2
+	fi
+
 	java-pkg_init-compiler_
 
 	local compiler_executable
@@ -1998,8 +1967,15 @@
 		die "java-pkg_javac-args failed"
 	fi
 
-	[[ -n ${JAVA_PKG_DEBUG} ]] && echo ${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}"
-	${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}" || die "ejavac failed"
+	if [[ -n ${srcdir} ]]; then
+		local list="${T}/ejavac.list"
+		find "${srcdir}" -name "*.java" > "${list}" || die "find failed"
+		[[ -n ${JAVA_PKG_DEBUG} ]] && echo ${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}" "@${list}"
+		${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}" "@${list}" || die "ejavac failed"
+	else
+		[[ -n ${JAVA_PKG_DEBUG} ]] && echo ${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}"
+		${compiler_executable} ${javac_args} "${@}" || die "ejavac failed"
+	fi
 }
 
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