Is it possible to use Kotlin as an addition langua...
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ohwelp
08/16/2018, 9:23 AMIs it possible to use Kotlin as an addition language in huge Java 6 project that uses gradle on top of ant to build it?
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napperley
08/16/2018, 9:30 AMGradle runs on the JVM, not on Ant. Kotlin does support Ant as a build system (https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/using-ant.html).
napperley
08/16/2018, 9:31 AMKeep in mind that Gradle is the only build system that supports all Kotlin features (eg multi-platform system - https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multiplatform.html ).
napperley
08/16/2018, 9:36 AMDoes the "Java 6" project use Ant as a build system?
napperley
08/16/2018, 9:38 AMIf Gradle is used as a build system then JRE 7 and above will be required ( https://gradle.org/install/ ).
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ohwelp
08/16/2018, 3:24 PMIt uses gradle to call ant actually
ohwelp
08/16/2018, 3:24 PMWe are using jvm 1.8 to conpile but write in 1.6
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DALDEI
08/18/2018, 2:38 AMI have added 'ad hoc' kotlin files along existing java files in a large monolithic legacy application which is built with gradle (and some parts spawning shell, packer,docker, make ... to build). I dont think in your case build environment will be the issue -- although it can be confusing and inconsistent if you have cross dependencies between kotlin and java source in the same build. I have had very little problem -- barely needing to even glance at the Java Interop features.
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