I am trying to run mvn test on my project. The project itself compiles and installs but man test fails with the following output:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.18:test (default-test) on project udms-server: Execution default-test of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.18:test failed: There was an error in the forked process
[ERROR] java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: some/project/Event : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
[ERROR] at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.DefaultScanResult.loadClass(DefaultScanResult.java:131)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.DefaultScanResult.applyFilter(DefaultScanResult.java:95)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.scanClassPath(JUnit4Provider.java:194)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:92)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:203)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:155)
[ERROR] at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:103)
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException
I think some/project was compiled with Java 8... so I changed my current project to use Java 8 instead of 7 as well. I'm inclined to think this relates because of these questions:
Can't fix Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 even after fixing compatibility
Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
And now I'm completely stuck :(
Make sure your version of Maven runtime >= JRE 1.8.
Run java -version in console to check the version, if mvn command is executed in console too. Alternatively to change maven JRE in your IDE, if maven is executed in IDE.
Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the major and minor version numbers in the file are not supported.