ant and java 8 - “major version 52 is newer than 51, the highest major version supported by this compiler”

Question

I am trying to upgrade my ant project from java 7 to java 8.
(the project deployed in \"Eclipse Kepler\" with \"Java™ 8 support to Eclipse Kepler SR2\")

For that

Answer 1

This error usually comes when there is difference in the JDK version.Please check classpath, java -version and JAVA_HOME set in the environment variable.