need I say what type of commit this is?

*kitchen sink*

after/ftplugin/java.lua

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 local misc = require("core.misc")
 local map, auto = misc.map, misc.auto
 
-local jdtls = require("jdtls")
+local ok, jdtls = pcall(require, "jdtls")
+if not ok then
+  vim.notify("jdtls not loaded, can't setup jdtls lsp or dap",
+    vim.log.levels.INFO, {})
+  return
+end
+
+-- HACK: I don't like using path concatination there *should* be a way to get
+-- the path from mason
 local jdtls_install = vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath('data'),
     "/mason/packages/jdtls")
 local java_dap_install = vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath('data'),
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ local config = {
     "-Dlog.level=ALL",
     "-Dlog.protocol=true",
     "-Dosgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4",
-    "-Xmx1G",
+    "-Xmx1G"
   },
 
   root_dir = vim.fs.dirname(vim.fs.find({
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ local config = {
     map("x", "crc", function() jdtls.extract_constant(true) end, opts)
     map("x", "crm", function() jdtls.extract_method(true) end, opts)
 
+    -- do some refreshes often because I don't trust jdtls
     pcall(vim.lsp.codelens.refresh)
     auto("BufWritePost", {
       buffer = bufnr,
@@ -59,7 +68,14 @@ local config = {
     })
 
     -- setup nvim-dap
-    require("dap").adapters.java = nil -- remove any old java adapters
+    local ok, dap = pcall(require, "dap")
+    if not ok then
+      vim.notify("dap not loaded can't setup dap for jdtls",
+        vim.log.levels.INFO, {})
+      return
+    end
+
+    dap.adapters.java = nil -- remove any old java adapters
     jdtls.setup_dap({ hotcodereplace = "auto" })
     require("jdtls.dap").setup_dap_main_class_configs()
   end,
@@ -79,6 +95,8 @@ local config = {
   }
 }
 
+-- HACK: same hack as before
+
 -- generate the path to the java file(s)
 ---@type string?
 local cache_path = vim.fs.joinpath(vim.fn.stdpath("cache"),
@@ -95,20 +113,18 @@ end
 --- build a cache of the JavaVersion code
 local function build_cache()
   -- check if we have javac
-  vim.system({ "javac" }, {}, function(out)
-    if out.code == 127 then
-      cache_path = nil
-      return
-    end
+  if vim.fn.executable("javac") ~= 1 then
+    cache_path = nil
+    return
+  end
 
-    -- compile our code
-    vim.system({ "javac", src_path, "-d", vim.fn.stdpath("cache"), }, {},
-      function(out)
-        if out.code ~= 0 then
-          cache_path = nil
-        end
-      end)
-  end)
+  -- compile our code
+  vim.system({ "javac", src_path, "-d", vim.fn.stdpath("cache"), }, {},
+    function(out)
+      if out.code ~= 0 then
+        cache_path = nil
+      end
+    end)
 end
 
 -- check if we have a compiled version of JavaVersion