simple tool for compiling Clojure .clj into .class / .jar

Question

I\'ve found two ways of compiling Clojure *.clj files into *.class files, and while they both work, I have some gripes with both of them.

The first one uses a REPL a

Answer 1

clojure.core/compile can be automated via Clojure

Answer 2

Clojure provides clojure.core.Compile, which can be used to compile Clojure code from the command-line.

java -Dclojure.compile.path=<targetdir> -cp <targetdir>;clojure.jar <list of namespaces>

For an example of how to use this from ant, look at the compile-clojure task in Clojure's own build.xml file.