How to fix java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

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原因：编译时JDK版本高于运行时JDK版本。用jdk7编译的class文件放到基于jdk6运行的tomcat之中，就会报这个错。

The version number shown describes the version of the JRE the class file is compatible with. The reported major numbers are: J2SE 8 = 52, J2SE 7 = 51, J2SE 6.0 = 50, J2SE 5.0 = 49, JDK 1.4 = 48, JDK 1.3 = 47, JDK 1.2 = 46, JDK 1.1 = 45 (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_class_file) To fix the actual problem you should try to either run the Java code with a newer version of Java JRE or specify the target parameter to the Java compiler to instruct the compiler to create code compatible with earlier Java versions. For example, in order to generate class files compatible with Java 1.4, use the following command line: javac -target 1.4 HelloWorld.java With newer versions of the Java compiler you are likely to get a warning about the bootstrap class path not being set. More information about this error is available in blog post New javac warning for setting an older source without bootclasspath.