[FIXED] Automation tool in intelliJ

Issue

I look for a good manner to automate my project. I have a project with many steps. In every steps output files are generated and compared with other files. Until know I wrote for each step a mainfunction that I have to let run in a certain order, because first I just needed the intermediate result. I know my project structure is not well planned. Is there a smart way to write a function, that run all the main-functions of the project in the correct order? Something like a Makefile in intelliJ?

My code works correctly but it is very bad structured and for a strange person not handy. I want to make it more handy without changing my code to much.

Solution

There's no need to create some ant/maven build configuration. main is a static method just like any other. So you can simply create a class which would call the main methods of other classes

public class YourSuperClass{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        YourClass1.main(null); //You can provide String[] args instead of null
        YourClass2.main(null);
        YourClass3.main(null);
    }
}

Answered By - NeplatnyUdaj
Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (JavaFixing Admin)