Re: servlet problems
boyScout wrote:
Hi guys, I'm learning servlet and jsp and when I encoutered this error
when i tried to access a servlet:
The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from
fulfilling this request.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Error allocating a servlet instance
....
root cause
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/jspbook/HelloWorld
(Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
The version number, 49.0, refers to the class format of the JVM that built
your HelloWorld class file, which differs from what Tomcat expects. Presumably
Tomcat wants version 48.0.
What kind of error is this? I can't undestand this error. Thanks
It says that the application server (Tomcat) is running under one Java Virtual
Machine (JVM), but you built your servlet (and, presumably, associated WAR
with all its stuff) with a different one.
IIRC, class format 48.0 was Java 5 and 49.0 Java 6, but I am not sure and feel
too lazy to look it up just now.
The solution is to run Tomcat itself with the latest available Java (6). Those
that can read class format 49.0 can read 48.0, but not vice versa.
- Lew
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