How to develop in Java on Mac with OSX Lion

Question

Im a new Java developer and was thinking about getting a Mac. But I heard that OSX Lion does not support Java. Does that mean that I cannot develop Java on a Mac? Or that I

Answer 1

I've just experienced this confusion/issue and I noticed that no-one in this question really gave the steps to get Java on Lion if you don't have any JARs or apps: If you want to prompt OS X to install the JVM, run the "Java Preferences" app in Applications > Utilities.

This will display a confirmation for "Install Java runtime" which will then cause Software Update to do its magic