I'm testing Java on a Windows Surface Pro. The Surface Pro has Java 7 Update 55, but does not have the JDK installed.
I compiled a program on my MacBook from the command line using javac. The MacBook Has Java 8 Update 5 and it includes the JDK (obviously because I compiled on the MBP).
When I move the program from the MackBook to the Surface Pro, I get the following error. Here, "moving the program" means copying the two *.class files to the new machine and trying to execute the byte codes.
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: HttpsTest : Unsupported major.minor version 52.
Trying to compile with target information results in:
$ javac -target 1.7 HttpsTest.java SSLSocketFactoryEx.java
javac: target release 1.7 conflicts with default source release 1.8
javac -help does not list any options to control the version information of the compiled program (other than target, which does not appear to work).
How do I compile my source files for down level versions of a JRE? In this case, I'm targeting Java 7 from a Java 8 machine.
If you are using eclipse you can set compiler compliance level in the project properties-> Java Compiler. So your code is compiled for the chosen Java version. See here:
In the error message major.minor version 52. the number 52 here represents the java version with which the class is compiled
for example
Java SE 9 = 53
Java SE 8 = 52
Java SE 7 = 51
Java SE 6.0 = 50
Java SE 5.0 = 49
JDK 1.4 = 48
JDK 1.3 = 47
JDK 1.2 = 46
JDK 1.1 = 45
so your installed JRE is at higher version than your target
use -source with the version number to which you want to compile
in your case:
javac -source 1.7 -target 1.7 HttpsTest.java SSLSocketFactoryEx.java
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23627606/target-different-version-of-jre