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Switching JDK on Mac OS X
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/usr/libexec/java_home -V command to get the list of installed JDKs.

For example:

Matching Java Virtual Machines (2):
    9.0.4, x86_64:	"Java SE 9.0.4"	/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.8.0_161, x86_64:	"Java SE 8"	/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_161.jdk/Contents/Home

Add the following aliases in ~/.bash_profile

alias jdk7='export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7)'
alias jdk8='export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)'
alias jdk9='export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 9)'

Or use http://sdkman.io/

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