java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1853)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:875)

Why is this exception coming?

October 16, 2008 | Filed Under Java, MySQL | 1 Comment 

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