compile.cfm

<cfscript>
function verifyCompile(mapping){
	var pathtoSourceCode = expandPath(arguments.mapping);
	var files = directoryList(path=pathtoSourceCode, recurse=true, filter="*.cf*");
	var passedFiles = [];
	var failedFiles = [];
	var failedErrors = {};

	for(f in files){
		try {
			getPageContext().compile(contractPath(f));
			passedFiles.append(f);
		}
		catch(Any e){
			failedErrors[f] = e;
			failedFiles.append(f);
		}
	}

	return { "errors"=failedErrors, "passedFiles"=passedFiles, "failedFiles"=failedFiles  };
}
</cfscript>

Much better! Mine was a simple example but this could be a nice BIF

Is this Lucee-only code?

getPageContext().compile() doesn't appear to be available in Adobe ColdFusion. Is there a java function that will work with ACF?

Adobe's directoryList() doesn't support named parameters unless using CF2018+. According to a 2013 CF10 bug report, this issue was closed & considered trivial. It wasn't fixed until CF2018 even though CF2016 is not end-of-life yet.
https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/CF-3540467