jre class file version

The JRE (Java Runtime Environment) class file version refers to the version of the Java bytecode format supported by a particular JRE implementation. When you compile Java source code, it is translated into bytecode, which is a platform-independent intermediate representation of the code. This bytecode is stored in .class files.

Each release of the Java Development Kit (JDK) introduces changes and improvements, and as a result, the bytecode format may also evolve. The class file version number is used to indicate the version of the bytecode format generated by the Java compiler.

For example, a class file version of 52.0 corresponds to Java SE 8, 53.0 corresponds to Java SE 9, and so on. The version number is typically represented as a two-byte number in the format major.minor. The major version represents the main release number, and the minor version represents a sub-release or update within that major version.

JRE（Java 运行时环境）类文件版本是指特定 JRE 实现支持的 Java 字节码格式的版本。编译 Java 源代码时，它会被转换为字节码，字节码是代码的独立于平台的中间表示形式。此字节码存储在 .class 文件中。

Java 开发工具包 （JDK） 的每个版本都会引入更改和改进，因此，字节码格式也可能不断发展。类文件版本号用于指示 Java 编译器生成的字节码格式的版本。

例如，类文件版本 52.0 对应于 Java SE 8,53.0 对应于 Java SE 9，依此类推。版本号通常以 major.minor 格式表示为两个字节的数字。主要版本表示主版本号，次要版本表示该主要版本中的子版本或更新。