Java error message - Bad version number in .class file
I get the error noted below in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome when I try to view java containing web pages.
Specifically this page: http://aviationweather.gov/adds/tafs/java/
My Java Preferences are as follows
My OS is 10.5.8
Thanks!
Java Plug-in 1.6.0_26
Using JRE version 1.5.0_30-b03-389-9M3425 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = /Users/ernest
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c: clear console window
f: finalize objects on finalization queue
g: garbage collect
h: display this help message
l: dump classloader list
m: print memory usage
o: trigger logging
q: hide console
r: reload policy configuration
s: dump system and deployment properties
t: dump thread list
v: dump thread stack
x: clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:676)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.defineClassHelper(Plugin2ClassLoader.java :1014)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.access$100(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:69)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader$2.run(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:991)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.findClassHelper(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:9 55)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Applet2ClassLoader.java:134)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:250)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:180)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:161)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:675)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Plugin2Manager.java:3046)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Plugin2Manager.ja va:1498)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:655)
Exception: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file