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class file has wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0

 
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I'm working on Servlets-4a and trying to compile VideoData.java. The compiler is complaining, specifically:

"class file has wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0"

So I know that means the version is for 1.6 when I need 1.5, but my javac version is 1.5.0_12.

What have I done this time?
 
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My first guess is that you're compiling with a newer version of java than you're running with.

Try:

java -version
javac -version

Do these give the same value?
 
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Yes, both give me version 1.5.0_12 (build 1.5.0_12-b04).
 
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Hmm, plus you're getting it at compile time, not run time, so the java runtime version isn't relevant. How exactly are you compiling? Just, "javac VideoData.java", or with along with the other Java files, or through ant?
 
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Good question! I was compiling through ant. Simplifying to javac VideoData.java, the compilation works. Retrying via ant fails, so maybe I was focusing on the wrong part of the error messages. Let's give more complete text:

 
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Are you able to compile and run this program without using any IDE?
 
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Well, that's confusing. It looks like the error is on VideoServlet.java. VideoData.java has already been compiled, but somehow has the wrong version in it. Have you tried "ant clean"? It's just possible that you have an old class file hanging out there somehow. Also, I believe the JDK version used by ant is going to be what is specified in the JAVA_HOME environment variable. You should make sure that matches up with the version that you'd get from running from a command, that is, the one you get from your path.
 
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ant clean did the trick! (Now of course I have to get it to WORK now that I can get it to compile. Details, details.)

For future reference, JAVA_HOME does point to the same version.

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