Homebrew: Why is java not installed as a dependency for Tomcat

In Oracle's JRE 7 for Mac installation instructions, it states:

Installing a JRE from Oracle will not:

• Update java -version symlinks or add java to your path.

• Show the installed JRE in the Java Preferences.app

To be able to do the above, you need to install the JDK.

After installing the JDK, go to Applications > Utilities > Java Preferences.app and drag Java SE 7 to the top to indicate that it is preferred. You may also switch off Java SE 6 entirely without uninstalling it.

The dialog is shown because Oracle's Java has only partial 'JVMCapabilities' set and advertises itself as command-line-only capable.

As a superuser (use 'sudo' if editing in Terminal), you should edit /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk.1.7.[version-and-release].jdk/Contents/Info.plist and find the following key:

<key>JVMCapabilities</key>
  <array>
    <string>CommandLine</string>
  </array>

and add it to include the missing values:

<key>JVMCapabilities</key>
  <array>
    <string>CommandLine</string>
    <string>JNI</string>
    <string>BundledApp</string>
  </array>

After that, you have to either reboot, logout or killall Finder, what ever seems to work. (People have reported that restarting Finder was enough, but I had to log out.)

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