Cannot inline bytecode built with JVM target 1.8 into bytecode that is being built with JVM target 1.6

Question

When trying to run the Example CorDapp (GitHub CorDapp) via IntelliJ, I receive the following error:

Cannot inline bytecode built with JVM target 1.8 int

Answer 1

As it is written in the using-maven docs from the Kotlin website:

You just have to put 1.8 into the properties section of your pom.xml