Is it possible to use jdk17 in the whole multimodu...

# gradle

[Marek Kubiczek]

Is it possible to use jdk17 in the whole multimodule project, jvmtoolchain set to java 17 and still make one module in the project to compile to java8 bytecode? I have a need for single module to be compiled differently but would like to avoid having to use separate jdks. There is the -release option for the java compiler is there an equivalent for Kotlin compiler?

[tapchicoma]

just set explicitly jvmTarget to JvmTarget.JVM_1_8 in the module where you want to have java8 bytecode. It should override target from toolchain

[Marek Kubiczek]

But will it require me to have jdk8 installed 🤔

[tapchicoma]

there is -Xjdk-release argument - probably that is what you are looking for

[Marek Kubiczek]

Possibly yes, will give it a try ;) thx