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Bug 235954

Summary:	NetBeans should run using the JDK specified by JAVA_HOME (if set)
Product:	platform	Reporter:	athompson <athompson>
Component:	Launchers&CLI	Assignee:	Libor Fischmeistr <lfischmeistr>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	mmirilovic
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.4
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Mac OS X
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description athompson 2013-09-13 19:45:39 UTC

Currently, Netbeans defaults to simply running with the highest JDK installed. This is not always the best choice since the highest JDK installed may be a buggy development build. NetBeans should prefer running with the JDK specified by the "JAVA_HOME" environment variable, if set. This way, users can avoid having to manually change the "netbeans.conf" file every time they install a new version of NetBeans--something few users know how to do.

A potential issue is if the JDK_HOME path is invalid. NetBeans should not fail silently in that case.