is there a good way to enforce a certain jdk version for building a gradle project?

This code might be helpful https://github.com/runningcode/gradle-doctor/blob/master/doctor-plugin/src/main/java/com/osacky/doctor/JavaHomeCheck.kt#L40

Thanks for the shout out 🙂 That will ensure that your java home is the same, but if you want to ensure that all your builds use java8 you can try this: https://github.com/gradle/android-cache-fix-gradle-plugin/blob/master/build.gradle#L121

i’d like to require 11+ or even easier lock it down further

what are you trying to lock down? out of curiousity?

we import

jdk.jfr

package in our code which is only part of JDK 11+

the sample i sent should be exactly what you need!