Eclipse - How to resolve a java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError exception ?

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How to deal with the java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError exception in Eclipse ?

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)

Solution Steps

  • Verify the version of java
java -version
java version "1.5.0_32"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.5.0_32-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.7-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

  • Set the compliance level accordingly in the project property

Eclipse Java Compiler Compliance Level







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