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Swith java version in PowerShell. Saving the script and Appending '. "C:\Path\To\Your\Script\switch-java.ps1"' to "$PROFILE" file. For git-bash, put 'test -f ~/bin/switch-java.sh && . ~/bin/switch-java.sh' to '.bash_profile'
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Git-Bash edition of Java version switcher | |
| # Usage: source this file in your .bashrc, then call `switch-java <version>` or `sj <version>` | |
| # e.g. sj 21 | |
| switch-java() { | |
| local version="$1" | |
| # Java installation paths (git-bash style) | |
| declare -A java_paths=( | |
| [8]="/c/Programs/dev/java/java" | |
| [11]="/c/Programs/dev/java/java11" | |
| [17]="/c/Programs/dev/java/java17" | |
| [21]="/c/Programs/dev/java/java21" | |
| ) | |
| # Validate version | |
| if [[ -z "${java_paths[$version]+_}" ]]; then | |
| echo "Invalid Java version. Available versions: ${!java_paths[*]}" | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| local java_home="${java_paths[$version]}" | |
| # Remove all known Java paths from PATH | |
| local new_path="$PATH" | |
| for p in "${java_paths[@]}"; do | |
| # Remove both "<path>/bin" and "<path>" entries | |
| new_path=$(echo "$new_path" | tr ':' '\n' | grep -v -F "$p" | paste -sd ':' -) | |
| done | |
| # Prepend new Java bin path | |
| export PATH="${java_home}/bin:${new_path}" | |
| # Set JAVA_HOME (Windows-style for tools that expect it) | |
| local java_home_win | |
| java_home_win=$(cygpath -w "$java_home") | |
| export JAVA_HOME="$java_home_win" | |
| # Set CLASSPATH | |
| export CLASSPATH=".;${java_home_win}\\lib" | |
| echo "JAVA_HOME set to: $JAVA_HOME" | |
| echo "PATH updated to include: ${java_home}/bin" | |
| echo "CLASSPATH set to: $CLASSPATH" | |
| echo "" | |
| java -version | |
| } | |
| # Alias | |
| alias sj='switch-java' |
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| function Switch-Java { | |
| param ( | |
| [string]$Version | |
| ) | |
| # The location of multi-version java | |
| $javaPaths = @{ | |
| "8" = "C:\Programs\dev\java\java" | |
| "11" = "C:\Programs\dev\java\java11" | |
| "17" = "C:\Programs\dev\java\java17" | |
| } | |
| # check input | |
| if (-not $javaPaths.ContainsKey($Version)) { | |
| Write-Host "Invalid Java version. Available versions: 8, 11, 17" | |
| return | |
| } | |
| # new java home | |
| $javaHome = $javaPaths[$Version] | |
| # set java home | |
| [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("JAVA_HOME", $javaHome, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process) | |
| # old path | |
| $currentPath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process) | |
| # remove outdated java path | |
| $newPath = ($currentPath -split ';' | Where-Object { | |
| $javaPaths.Values -notcontains $_ -and $javaPaths.Values -notcontains ($_ -replace '\\bin$', '') | |
| }) -join ';' | |
| # new path | |
| $newPath = "$javaHome\bin;$newPath" | |
| [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $newPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process) | |
| # classpath | |
| $classPath = ".;$($javaHome)\lib" | |
| [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("CLASSPATH", $classPath, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Process) | |
| # print result JAVA_HOME\PATH\CLASSPATH | |
| Write-Host "JAVA_HOME set to: $javaHome" | |
| Write-Host "PATH updated to include: $javaHome\bin" | |
| Write-Host "CLASSPATH set to: $classPath" | |
| Write-Host "" | |
| # java now | |
| java -version | |
| } | |
| # alias | |
| Set-Alias -Name sj -Value Switch-Java |
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