Double (and triple check) that you are really running Tomcat with JDK 1.4. This error message is only generated by older JVMs when presented with newer JAR files (i.e. a 1.3 JVM trying to read a 1.4 JAR file).
Randy > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Shorter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:12 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Upgrade to JDK1.4 --> unable to compile JSPs > > > Hi all, > > I've browsed the archives and found people asking this question, but > couldn't find any answers to it, so here goes... > > Platform: Win2K + Cygwin > Tomcat: 4.0.1 > > I upgraded to JDK1.4 in order to take advantage of the java.util.regex > package (yay, no reason to use perl again!). Everything was going > swimmingly until it was time to recompile some JSPs, and I now > consistently get errors of the form: > > org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class > for JSPerror: > Invalid class file format in > C:\cygwin\usr\local\java\jdk1.4\jre\lib\rt.jar(java/lang/Objec > t.class). > The major.minor version '48.0' is too recent for this tool to > understand. > > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated... > > Thanks, > Scott > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>