Java version 21

[habo90]

Hello, can we you paketo-buildpacks/java if we have Java version 21 or it's just for version 17 ? According release title "Paketo Buildpack for Java 17.5.0" it's for 17 only

[dmikusa]

The Paketo Java buildpack supports all of the latest supported versions from ten different JVM vendors.

https://paketo.io/docs/howto/java/#use-an-alternative-jvm

What is supported depends on the upstream Java vendor, but most of them support 8, 11, 17, 21, and usually the latest 6-month supported version of Java, currently 23.

You can pick a version using the instructions here https://paketo.io/docs/howto/java/#install-a-specific-jvm-version