Oracle DIRECTORY object and subdirectories

As you know, in 9i the use of the UTL_FILE_DIR is being deprecated in favour of Oracle DIRECTORY objects. This is fine for security reasons and administration but there seems to be a problem with subdirectories.
The situation: we are generating literally millions of files using UTL_FILE. These files are going to be stored in one of forty thousand directories (the precise directory is derived from parsing the file's key ID).
In the old days access could be granted simply by setting the UTL_FILE_DIR parameter to /<root>/dir/*
As far as I can see, the Oracle DIRECTORY does not support subdirectories. Is there any way of avoiding the creation of forty thousand CREATE DIRECTORY statements and a concommitant number of GRANT statements?
Oracle 9.2, any suggestions gratefully received.
Cheers, APC

Just curious Andrew-- are there things in the UTL_FILE package that you don't find implemented better in Java's I/O classes? I wouldn't claim to be the world's leading expert on Java I/O, so I won't comment on the specifics of this. Generally I think using Java to re-write a piece of existing native functionality is a hard one to sell:
(1) Java tends to run slower than native code
(2) It's a chunk of work, and my PM is already breathing down my neck.
However, I might do this as a hobby project. If I do, I'll let you know how it turns out :)
Cheers, APC

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