JDK-Selector

Select your JDK anywhere, anytime by single or two commands

This library provides you opportunity to change JDK version instantly by some commands.

Simple usage

1. Install JDK-Selector
2. (Re)open terminal
3. Type jdk_selector_cli add name path

   i.e jdk_selector_cli add "JDK 1.8" "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_321"
   

4. Type jdk_selector_cli use name

   i.e jdk_selector_cli use "JDK 1.8"
   

5. Done!

For details, please see jdk_selector_cli (help)

Build steps

1. Install rustup https://rustup.rs/
2. Clone this source

   git clone https://github.com/Seungwoo-Yu/JDK-Selector
   

3. Run cargo update in order to download dependencies

   cargo update
   

4. Build source

   cargo run --bin jdk_selector_builder
   

5. Check out .build folder in the source root!

Manual installation

1. Copy files into anywhere you want
2. Set JAVA_HOME Environment Variable to where you copy
   1. for Windows, See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/sharepoint-2010/ee537574(v=office.14)#to-add-a-path-to-the-path-environment-variable
   2. for most Unix systems, See https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/26059 and keep in mind the sentence below,

   Put the line to modify PATH in ~/.profile, or in ~/.bash_profile or if that's what you have. (If your login shell is zsh and not bash, put it in ~/.zprofile instead.)
   

3. Append PATH Environment Variable with this

   %JAVA_HOME% // bin MUST be excluded!
   

4. Reopen terminal to affect changes
5. Type this to check if it's installed successfully!

   jdk_selector_cli help
   

Create installer

for Windows

1. Install Inno setup 6
2. Open the program and jdk_selector_installer/windows/setup.iss
3. Compile it!
4. Check out Output folder in jdk_selector_installer/windows/Output

TO-DOs

1. Create draft source written in rust
2. Create cross-platform builder in Rust
3. Create Native installers for Windows
4. Create CI/CD for distribution for Windows
5. Check availability on macOS and Linux distributions (Tested on Windows 10 only at this moment)
6. Create Native installers and CI/CD for distribution for macOS/Linux
7. Create Unit test for better refactoring
8. Create document for welcomed PRs in future
9. Add missing executors for other Java versions (Verified on Java 8 and 17)