Running 7.3 from Java 1.8 (52) with -testjar and -xmlpathinjar throws UnsupportedClassVersionError

[Bruce Ritter]

We are still running Java 1.8 for testing. When I try to run TestNG from a fat jar that includes the testng .xml profile files with -testjar and -xmlpathinjar I get:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: module-info has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0

       at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:763)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:468)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
        at org.testng.internal.ClassHelper.forName(ClassHelper.java:80)
        at org.testng.xml.XmlClass.loadClass(XmlClass.java:72)
        at org.testng.xml.XmlClass.init(XmlClass.java:67)
        at org.testng.xml.XmlClass.init(XmlClass.java:58)
        at org.testng.xml.XmlClass.<init>(XmlClass.java:34)
        at org.testng.xml.internal.XmlSuiteUtils.constructXmlClassesUsing(XmlSuiteUtils.java:75)
        at org.testng.xml.internal.XmlSuiteUtils.newXmlSuiteUsing(XmlSuiteUtils.java:48)
        at org.testng.JarFileUtils.extractSuitesFrom(JarFileUtils.java:58)
        at org.testng.TestNG.initializeSuitesAndJarFile(TestNG.java:403)
        at org.testng.TestNG.initializeEverything(TestNG.java:1017)
        at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1029)
        at org.testng.TestNG.privateMain(TestNG.java:1371)
        at org.testng.TestNG.main(TestNG.java:1335)

Everything appears to be 1.8, that is what is running locally (build and execution are running on the same machine), and all the Poms refer to 1.8 as the source and target versions.

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

Please take a closer look at your dependencies. I think somewhere you are bringing in TestNG 7.6.1 which is what needs JDK11. 

Until 7.5 TestNG needs JDK8. 

Thanks & Regards
Krishnan Mahadevan

"All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive, fattening or in love with someone else!"

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