1 Reply Latest reply on Nov 20, 2007 12:02 PM by peterj

    JDK Version Problem with RHDS + JBoss 4.2.2 + jdk 5 update 1

    mr.pyisoe

      I have updated my jdk 5 update 12 to 14.

      I tried to deploy a .jar(which contains some entity beans and sessions beans) to both and the following exception occured.

      When I changed the exec environment to jre 6 update 3, it worked. And it also worked on jdk 5 update 12. The problem is only with jdk 5 update 14.

      What is the problem???


      22:11:31,000 WARN [ServiceController] Problem creating service jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassImpl(RepositoryClassLoader.java:560)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClass(RepositoryClassLoader.java:415)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.populateBaseInfo(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:293)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getContainers(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:138)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:486)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:442)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:423)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:384)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:327)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Module.createService(Ejb3Module.java:77)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalCreate(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:260)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:243)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
      at $Proxy0.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:330)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:273)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy33.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.EJB3Deployer.create(EJB3Deployer.java:492)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
      at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
      at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.create(DeployerInterceptor.java:76)
      at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.create(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:180)
      at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:91)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy34.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.create(MainDeployer.java:969)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:818)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor24.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:634)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:336)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
      at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy4.start(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:302)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:766)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
      at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
      at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
      at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:508)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
      Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.findClassLocally(RepositoryClassLoader.java:682)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.findClass(RepositoryClassLoader.java:662)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassLocally(RepositoryClassLoader.java:200)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.ClassLoadingTask$ThreadTask.run(ClassLoadingTask.java:131)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.LoadMgr3.nextTask(LoadMgr3.java:399)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassImpl(RepositoryClassLoader.java:527)
      ... 121 more
      22:11:31,000 INFO [EJB3Deployer] Deployed: file:/C:/JAVA/RHDS/jboss-eap/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/TitanEJB.jar
      22:11:31,140 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/jmx-console, warUrl=.../deploy/jmx-console.war/
      22:11:31,296 ERROR [URLDeploymentScanner] Incomplete Deployment listing:

      --- MBeans waiting for other MBeans ---
      ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      State: FAILED
      Reason: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file

      --- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ---
      ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      State: FAILED
      Reason: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file


      22:11:31,421 INFO [Http11Protocol] Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-127.0.0.1-8080
      22:11:31,484 INFO [AjpProtocol] Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-127.0.0.1-8009
      22:11:31,500 INFO [Server] JBoss (MX MicroKernel) [4.2.2.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_2_GA date=200710221139)] Started in 26s:454ms
      22:12:06,437 WARN [ServiceController] Problem creating service jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassImpl(RepositoryClassLoader.java:560)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClass(RepositoryClassLoader.java:415)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.populateBaseInfo(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:293)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getContainers(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:138)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:486)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:442)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:423)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:384)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:327)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Module.createService(Ejb3Module.java:77)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalCreate(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:260)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:243)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
      at $Proxy0.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:330)
      at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.create(ServiceController.java:273)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy33.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.ejb3.EJB3Deployer.create(EJB3Deployer.java:492)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
      at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
      at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.create(DeployerInterceptor.java:76)
      at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.create(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:180)
      at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:91)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy34.create(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.create(MainDeployer.java:969)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:818)
      at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
      at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor24.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
      at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
      at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
      at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
      at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225)
      Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.findClassLocally(RepositoryClassLoader.java:682)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.findClass(RepositoryClassLoader.java:662)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassLocally(RepositoryClassLoader.java:200)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.ClassLoadingTask$ThreadTask.run(ClassLoadingTask.java:131)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.LoadMgr3.nextTask(LoadMgr3.java:399)
      at org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader.loadClassImpl(RepositoryClassLoader.java:527)
      ... 75 more
      22:12:06,453 INFO [EJB3Deployer] Deployed: file:/C:/JAVA/RHDS/jboss-eap/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/TitanEJB.jar
      22:12:06,453 ERROR [URLDeploymentScanner] Incomplete Deployment listing:

      --- MBeans waiting for other MBeans ---
      ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      State: FAILED
      Reason: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file

      --- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ---
      ObjectName: jboss.j2ee:service=EJB3,module=TitanEJB.jar
      State: FAILED
      Reason: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unexpected error during load of: com.titan.travelagent.TravelAgentBean, msg=Bad version number in .class file

        • 1. Re: JDK Version Problem with RHDS + JBoss 4.2.2 + jdk 5 upda
          peterj

          The "Bad version number in .class file" is the error message you get when you try running a class compiled with the 1.6 compiler with a 1.5 JVM. Either recompile with 1.5, or run with 1.6.

          Complaint: the error message used to give the class version numbers so that you at least had a clue what went wrong. Someone must have complained that the class version number (48 for 1.4 and 49 for 1.5, I think) didn't match the release number so Sun did the easy thing - dropped the number from the error message. Boo.