Fix ci testing environment with java 11

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -59,11 +59,21 @@ jobs:
         env:
           JOB_TYPE: test
   windows:
+    # Building using Java 8 and run the tests with Java 11 runtime
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
     - name: Support longpaths
       run: git config --system core.longpaths true
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        java-version: 11
+        distribution: temurin
+    - name: "Set jvm system property environment variable for surefire plugin (unit tests)"
+      # Maven surefire plugin (unit tests) allows us to specify JVM to run the tests.
+      # https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/test-mojo.html#jvm
+      run: echo "SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT=-Djvm=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      shell: bash
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin