List Available Java Versions — java_list

This function retrieves a list of all available installable Java versions from the specified backend(s). It returns a unified data frame with version details, vendors, and checksum availability.

Usage

java_list_available(
  backend = c("both", "native", "sdkman"),
  platform = platform_detect()$os,
  arch = platform_detect()$arch,
  force = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

backend: Character vector. Backends to query: "native", "sdkman", or "both" (default).
platform: Platform OS. Defaults to current platform. Use "all" to list for all supported platforms.
arch: Architecture. Defaults to current architecture. Use "all" to list for all supported architectures.
force: Logical. If TRUE, bypasses and refreshes the internal cache.
quiet: Logical. If TRUE, suppresses progress messages.

Value

A data.frame with columns:

backend: "native" or "sdkman"
vendor: Java distribution name
major: Major version number
version: Full version string
platform: Platform OS
arch: Architecture
identifier: Internal identifier (mainly for SDKMAN)
checksum_available: Whether checksum verification is available

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# List all available versions for current platform
java_list_available()

# List all versions for all platforms (Pro users)
java_list_available(platform = "all", arch = "all")
} # }