>
> - NetBeans 10 "requires" (prefers) Java 11
>
No, it does not. It runs on JDK 8 or above, to the current JDK, which is
JDK 11.
Gj
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:35 AM <giut...@libero.it.invalid> wrote:
> Hi, I have a problem with the java home configuration when I work with
> Netbeans 10 (but I guess that also other versions are affected).
>
> - In my company we still use JDK 8 so I configured the JAVA_HOME system
> variable to point to the JDK 8 folder. This configuration seems correct, I
> can see from the prompt that typing java -version the correct version of
> java is taken in account.
>
> - NetBeans 10 "requires" (prefers) Java 11 so I downloaded the OpenJDK11,
> extracted it on a folder and configured the path on the netbeans.conf file
> (netbeans_jdkhome="D:\java\jdk11") also this configuration seems to be ok.
>
> - One of the maven project on which I'm working (remind we use java 8) has
> an external dependency like this:
> <dependency>
> <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
> <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
> <version>${jdk.version}</version>
> <scope>system</scope>
> <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
> </dependency>
>
> The problem is that ${java.home} is translated using the
> netbeans_jdkhome path and not the system JAVA_HOME variable so it points to
> jdk 11 and not jdk 8 and it doesn't find the path.
>
>
> In Netbeans Java Platform Manager I have both the java version jdk 8 and
> jdk 11(default) but the default version can't be changed.
>
> How can I workaround this limitation so that I can work on the maven
> project using the jdk 8 home?
>
> Kind regards,
>
