The update-java-alternatives tool is suitable for adjusting the JDK for everything at once, but it lacks the ease of use of something like SDKMan when you have one project stuck at Java 8 and another on 11, and another on 17, or perhaps you're testing a branch on 24, etc.
Then it's just:
sdk use java 11.0.29-tem
And in that terminal it will use that, while another terminal happily uses a different version. That's useful when you are running two tools on different Java versions which interact. Installing another version is trivial too.
Then it's just:
And in that terminal it will use that, while another terminal happily uses a different version. That's useful when you are running two tools on different Java versions which interact. Installing another version is trivial too.