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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError, Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

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I am trying to run the WordCount example on hadoop - 1.0.4 and I am getting the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: WordCount : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)     at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:791)     at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)     at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)     at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)     at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:149) 

I use the following java version:

java version "1.7.0_11" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode) 

Also JAVA_HOME indicates to the java7 installation directory.

Thanks for your help.

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georgiana_e Avatar asked Aug 10 '13 12:08

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1 Answers

Seems like you are using JDK8 for compiling and Lower version on Where you are using it.

So

Assuming using eclipse, Window > Preferences > Compiler > compiler level

and then set lower level(< current one ).

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Suresh Atta Avatar answered Sep 17 '22 11:09

Suresh Atta