Additional Notes
Why pin the Java toolchain?
Track: Java
Topic: Build Tools
Focus: Build Lifecycle
Java: Build Lifecycle
Answer
To keep laptops and CI on the same Java version.
If one developer uses Java 17 and another uses Java 21, they may not really be compiling or testing the same application. Toolchains put the Java version into the build definition instead of leaving it to local defaults.
If one developer uses Java 17 and another uses Java 21, they may not really be compiling or testing the same application. Toolchains put the Java version into the build definition instead of leaving it to local defaults.
Topics: Build Lifecycle Build Tools Java