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catch unsupported class version error

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Hello,

I use a Maven build to create a Jar file from my program. I'm using the 
Maven options

<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>

because within the source I use some 1.8 features e.g. thread-stealing pool.
If I run the Jar on a version < 1.8 I get the error "unsupported 
major.minor version" with a stacktrace.
IMHO I cannot catch the error, because it is thrown by a native method 
of the VM, I have found a solution,
that I can compile a class with e.h. 1.7 option and check the running 
version of the VM and create an error
message on a wrong version. 

I would like to create error like "You are need Java 1.8" and the user, 
which run's the Jar does not see the stacktrace.
How can I do check the VM version and create a nice error message?

Thanks

phil

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catch unsupported class version error Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus@flashpixx.de> - 2015-02-01 23:49 +0100
  Re: catch unsupported class version error Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-01 18:00 -0500
    Re: catch unsupported class version error v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2015-02-02 00:29 +0000
      Re: catch unsupported class version error Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-02-01 21:26 -0500
  Re: catch unsupported class version error Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2015-02-02 06:53 +0000

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