HTTP Status 500 - java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: utility/MenuBean : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class utility.MenuBean)


type Exception report

message java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: utility/MenuBean : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class utility.MenuBean)

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: utility/MenuBean : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class utility.MenuBean)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:348)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

root cause

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: utility/MenuBean : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 (unable to load class utility.MenuBean)
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:3122)
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1340)
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1827)
	org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1701)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator$GenerateVisitor.visit(Generator.java:1280)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$UseBean.accept(Node.java:1196)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2392)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visitBody(Node.java:2444)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Visitor.visit(Node.java:2450)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Root.accept(Node.java:474)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Node$Nodes.visit(Node.java:2392)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Generator.generate(Generator.java:3581)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:251)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:374)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:354)
	org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:341)
	org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:662)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:364)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:395)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:339)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:731)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.68 logs.


Apache Tomcat/7.0.68