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Java is a cross-platform programming language created by Sun Microsystems and is now owned by Oracle. Do not confuse this tag with JavaScript or JScript. Questions about installing/running Java on macOS are welcome, questions about Java programming must be asked on StackOverflow.
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How does /usr/bin/java work on Mac?
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I think that /usr/bin/java is a proxy application, part of MacOS, that calls the java command in the current java installation as defined by JAVA_HOME env var. … just by setting a different JAVA_HOME, the version switches:
$ JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_112.jdk/Contents/Home && java -version
java version "1.8.0_112"
Java(TM) SE Runtime …
