Build failed:Unsupported class version

[Former Member]

Hi everyone,I was working on Hybris and was facing an issue after trying to build an environment from scratch.When I type ant clean on command line to build from scratch,I am getting an error message: "BUILD FAILED:java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersion".I will really appreciate if you can tell me the reasons of this error and the steps to rectify it.

[Former Member]

If you are using hybris 5.5.1+ you need to use java 8 https://wiki.hybris.com/display/release5/Release+5.5.1+Technology+Upgrade

[michal_tomeczek]

Hi, you should check Java version which you use to build platform. Unsupported class version means basically that you try compile your sources with version lower than some libraries used by source code were build with.

[Former Member]

Hi,thanks a lot for your response.I am having jdk1.7.0_51 and jre7.What's the problem exactly?

[Former Member]

Please check your Java version. If you are trying to build on a lower version than Java 1.7, you will get this error.