Java数据库连接问题--版本匹配

环境配置：MySql8.0、JDK7、Tomcat7、mysql-connector-java-8.0.15.jar

报错：

七月 28, 2019 7:33:32 下午 com.mchange.v2.c3p0.C3P0Registry banner

INFO: Initializing c3p0-0.9.1.2 [built 21-May-2007 15:04:56; debug? true; trace: 10]

Exception in thread "com.mchange.v2.async.ThreadPoolAsynchronousRunner$PoolThread-#1" Exception in thread "com.mchange.v2.async.ThreadPoolAsynchronousRunner$PoolThread-#2" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/mysql/cj/jdbc/Driver : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver)

         at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2840)

         at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1160)