title: How can I access IntelliJ's java compiler from the command line?
body: <p>I have a very large maven project, and when I'm debugging, it sucks to have to rebuild the entire project just to see the changes. My current method is to compile the java file in IntelliJ, then copy the class file in my target directory, to my tomcat/webapps/project/ directory, and replace the existing class file with the intellij compiled class file. Then rebuild the war file, and replace it with the existing war file in the tomcat/webapps directory. </p>
  
  <p>I want to be able to automate this process. I looked into doing it with the javac command, but I'm having problems with packages be imported from jar files in the .m2 directory, and can't figure out how to automate the classpath, depending on the specific file. I'm sure IntelliJ does this automatically, and was wondering if there's a way to run IntelliJ's compiler from the command line, or if anyone has any insight into how I can get javac to work for just the one file in my whole project scope. </p>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciate, thanks!</p>