Multiple JDK install on macOS

This is a post to show how to install and manage multiple java versions on macos.

Before start we need brew

Install JDK 8 and 11 together with brew cask.

brew install --cask AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk/adoptopenjdk{8,11}

Then edit .zshrc file add following lines.

export JAVA_8_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.8)
export JAVA_11_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v11)

export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_8_HOME

export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin