WebSphere 6 Error: Unsupported major.minor version 49.0
By Jay | December 18th, 2009 | Categories: UncategorizedTags: java, websphere
I was trying to test a web application in WebSphere 6 when I encountered this error:
Error 500: java.lang.LinkageError: LinkageError while defining class: aiu.webservices.bean.ConfigServiceProxy Could not be defined due to: aiu/webservices/bean/ConfigServiceProxy (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0) This is often caused by having a class defined at multiple locations within the classloader hierarchy. Other potential causes include compiling against an older or newer version of the class that has an incompatible method signature.
After a little bit of puzzling and googling, the problem turned out to be that I have been compiling using JDK 1.4. while the WebSphere VM only has Java 1.4. The solution was to Project->Properties->Java Compiler->Compiler Compliance Level to 1.4. And Project->Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries->JRE System Library->Alternate JRE to 1.4.
I exported to WAR, updated the application via WebSphere console, and it worked! couldn’t believe it was that simple :P