[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-3068) could fail more gracefully when wrong Java version used

could fail more gracefully when wrong Java version used ------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-3068 URL: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WFLY-3068 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Bug Components: Class Loading, Server Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Final Environment: Java version < 7 Reporter: dpocock Assignee: Katarina Hermanova Priority: Minor If I try to start Wildfly with Java 6 (which is no longer support of course) it just fails with a stack: 09:51:00,536 INFO [org.jboss.modules] (main) JBoss Modules version 1.3.0.Final 09:51:00,543 WARN [org.jboss.modules] (main) Failed to define class org.jboss.as.jmx.PluggableMBeanServerBuilder in Module "org.jboss.as.jmx:main" from local module loader @36b60b93 (finder: local module finder @69b1fbf4 ()): java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/jboss/as/jmx/PluggableMBeanServerBuilder : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:345) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:423) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:261) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:76) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:548) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:189) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:443) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:431) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:373) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:118) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.loadBuilderClass(MBeanServerFactory.java:423) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.checkMBeanServerBuilder(MBeanServerFactory.java:465) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.getNewMBeanServerBuilder(MBeanServerFactory.java:511) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.newMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:298) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:213) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:174) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at sun.management.ManagementFactory.createPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:302) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:504) [rt.jar:1.6.0_26] at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:449) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.0.Final] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/jboss/as/jmx/PluggableMBeanServerBuilder : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615) at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:345) at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:423) at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:261) at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:76) at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:548) at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:189) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:443) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:431) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:373) at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:118) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.loadBuilderClass(MBeanServerFactory.java:423) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.checkMBeanServerBuilder(MBeanServerFactory.java:465) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.getNewMBeanServerBuilder(MBeanServerFactory.java:511) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.newMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:298) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:213) at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:174) at sun.management.ManagementFactory.createPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:302) at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:504) at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:449) It would be more friendly if it checked the Java version in the main() function and stopped gracefully. The stack trace is not hard to understand but may not be obvious to everybody.