Greatly improve (non-android) java support

build/android/gyp/create_java_binary_script.py

Index: build/android/gyp/create_java_binary_script.py
diff --git a/build/android/gyp/create_java_binary_script.py b/build/android/gyp/create_java_binary_script.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+"""Creates a simple script to run a java "binary".
+
+This creates a script that sets up the java command line for running a java
+jar. This includes correctly setting the classpath and the main class.
+"""
+
+import optparse
+import os
+import sys
+
+from util import build_utils
+
+# The java command must be executed in the current directory because there may
+# be user-supplied paths in the args. The script receives the classpath relative
+# to the directory that the script is written in and then, when run, must
+# recalculate the paths relative to the current directory.
+script_template = """\
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# This file was generated by build/android/gyp/create_java_binary_script.py
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+self_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+classpath = [{classpath}]
+if os.getcwd() != self_dir:
+  offset = os.path.relpath(self_dir, os.getcwd())
+  classpath = [os.path.join(offset, p) for p in classpath]
+java_args = [
+  "java",
+  "-classpath", ":".join(classpath),
+  \"{main_class}\"] + sys.argv[1:]
+os.execvp("java", java_args)
+"""
+
+def main(argv):
+  argv = build_utils.ExpandFileArgs(argv)
+  parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+  build_utils.AddDepfileOption(parser)
+  parser.add_option('--output', help='Output path for executable script.')
+  parser.add_option('--jar-path', help='Path to the main jar.')
+  parser.add_option('--main-class',
+      help='Name of the java class with the "main" entry point.')
+  parser.add_option('--classpath', action='append',
+      help='Classpath for running the jar.')
+  options, _ = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+  classpath = [options.jar_path]
+  for cp_arg in options.classpath:
+    classpath += build_utils.ParseGypList(cp_arg)
+
+  run_dir = os.path.dirname(options.output)
+  classpath = [os.path.relpath(p, run_dir) for p in classpath]
+
+  with open(options.output, 'w') as script:
+    script.write(script_template.format(
+      classpath=("\"%s\"" % "\", \"".join(classpath)),

[newt (away), 2014/11/15 04:48:51]

seems like a good place to use apostrophes:

  classpath=('"%s"' % '", "'.join(classpath))

+      main_class=options.main_class))
+
+  os.chmod(options.output, 0750)
+
+  if options.depfile:
+    build_utils.WriteDepfile(
+        options.depfile,
+        build_utils.GetPythonDependencies())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))