Compatible with actions/setup-java

[philiplourandos]

I saw on the README documentation that if anyone requires an additional JDK to log a ticket. Is it not possible to set this up with the actions/setup-java? I can see the JDK is in the image in the path: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Java_Zulu_jdk/16.0.2-7/x64/bin/java when using the setup-java action

I've set JAVA_HOME to: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Java_Zulu_jdk/16.0.2-7/ However I receive the following error:

The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE

Is there a way to accommodate this?

Thanks

[qcastel]

Hello @philiplourandos,

I added JDK 16 support, you can now use it using:

env:
 JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-16-openjdk/

https://github.com/qcastel/github-actions-maven-release#jdk-16

Let me know if it works for you.

Concerning using setup-java, I can see your point and I must say it's more a design choice I mad, which make it incompatible with setup-java: I choose to have this github actions using a docker container behind the scene (that you can find here btw: https://github.com/qcastel/docker-maven-release). Multiple reason for that, as:

• easier to reproduce locally
• isolated to github runner and the changes they made to it
• I can use the docker image in any other CI, not just github (I used it in gitlab CI for example). This make me (and you by using this github action) less dependent of github CI
• easier to maintain overall

Although by making it in a container, some other actions like setup-java, which are basically setting up the github runner, would not work. It's a trend off which I am convinced got more advantages, but can easily understand it's not for everyone.

[philiplourandos]

Let me know if it works for you.

Will give the java 16 a bash now

setup-java

No worries.

Thank you for the response :-)