How can I change Mac OS's default Java VM returned from /usr/libexec/java_home

Question

(Wasn\'t sure if this should go on SU... migration is certainly an option, but more programmers read questions here, so here goes).

I am running Mac OS X 10.8.4, and

Answer 1

It's actually pretty easy. Let's say we have this in our JavaVirtualMachines folder:

• jdk1.7.0_51.jdk
• jdk1.8.0.jdk

Imagine that 1.8 is our default, then we just add a new folder (for example 'old') and move the default jdk folder to that new folder. Do java -version again et voila, 1.7!