sdkman

In one of the latest blog posts, I have shown you how you can build a Docker image with Java and Maven installed with the SDKMAN! command-line tool. Today I would like to continue the topic and show you, how you can compile your project using two different Java versions in parallel.

In the last article, I have shown you how you can build a docker image for Jenkins Pipeline using SDKMAN! command-line tool. Today I will show you how you can build multiple different docker images using parallelized Jenkins Pipeline.

A few days ago, I was struggling with some Docker images I use in my Jenkins CI environment. I run some Jenkins Pipelines, and I like to define build environment as code using custom Docker images. Everything was fine until I had to consider running different Java or Maven versions. I decided to use one of my favorite command-line tools - SDKMAN!, to build a highly configurable build environment.

I love SDKMAN!. It made using multiple different Java distributions in a single operating system much more comfortable. You can install Java across different versions (from 6 to 13.EA) and different vendors (OpenJDK, Oracle, Zulu, Corretto or GraalVM CE to name a few). Switching between those versions is as simple as executing a single sdk use java {version} command and you are ready to use whatever Java you want. However, not all Java versions are available by default, but luckily, SDKMAN! has a simple solution to this problem.