Feature Request: Allow configuration of java executable

[wfhartford]

Currently the java executable used for protoc plugin JARs is inferred based on the JVM running gradle and it's java.home property. In most cases this means either the java executable on the system's PATH or the system's JAVA_HOME environment variable. While this is a great default, I have a protoc plugin JAR that is compiled for JDK 21 and some developers may not want to set their system wide JDK to 21.

It should be relatively straight forward to add a property to the GenerateProtoTask allowing a user to specify an arbitrary java executable in their build file.

Would a pull request adding this feature be accepted?

[ejona86]

Without looking much at how that would be plumbed, that sounds fine. Feel free to send a PR.

[ejona86]

Fixed by #750