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seo-title: Java Toolchains in Liberty Build Plugins in 26.0.0.2- OpenLiberty.io
seo-description: This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, allowing developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.
blog_description: This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, allowing developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.
seo-description: This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, enabling developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.
blog_description: This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, enabling developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.
open-graph-image: https://openliberty.io/img/twitter_card.jpg
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This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, allowing developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.
This release introduces Java Toolchains support in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins, enabling developers to decouple the JDK used to run build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server.

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[#java_toolchains]
== Java Toolchains in Liberty Build Plugins

In this update, Open Liberty introduces support for Java Toolchains in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins. This enhancement allows developers to decouple the JDK used to run their build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server, providing greater flexibility and environmental consistency.

* link:https://www.google.com/search?q=%23java-toolchains[Java Toolchains support]
* link:https://www.google.com/search?q=%23maven-integration[Maven Plugin integration]
* link:https://www.google.com/search?q=%23gradle-integration[Gradle Plugin integration]
In this update, Open Liberty introduces support for Java Toolchains in the Liberty Maven and Gradle plugins. This enhancement enables developers to decouple the JDK used to run their build tools from the JDK used to run the Liberty server, providing greater flexibility and environmental consistency.

=== Java Toolchains support

Open Liberty build plugins now support the standard Java Toolchain mechanism.
Previously, Liberty plugins were restricted to using the same Java version that was running Maven or Gradle.
This often forced developers to use older JDKs for their entire build process if their application required a specific legacy runtime.

With Java Toolchains, you can now run your build tool on a modern JDK (e.g., Java 21). This ensures the Liberty server and its tasks (such as dev mode or JSP compilation) execute on a different, specified JDK (e.g., Java 8 or 11).
With Java Toolchains, you can now run your build tool on a modern JDK (for example, Java 21). This helps ensure that the Liberty server and its tasks (such as dev mode or JSP compilation) execute using a different, specified JDK (for example, Java 8 or 11).

=== Maven Plugin integration

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=== Gradle Plugin integration

For Gradle users, the Liberty Gradle plugin now acknowledges the native `java { toolchain { ... } }` configuration block. This configuration provides a unified way to manage Java versions in multi-project builds where different services might have different runtime requirements.
For Gradle users, the Liberty Gradle plugin now recognizes the native `java { toolchain { ... } }` configuration block. This configuration provides a unified way to manage Java versions across multi-project builds, where different services might have different runtime requirements.

For technical specifics on how the plugin resolves these environments, see the link:https://github.com/OpenLiberty/ci.gradle/blob/main/docs/toolchain.md[Liberty Gradle Plugin Toolchain documentation].

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