Tomcat4.1.18 with jdk1.4.1_02 problem

[Debashish Chakrabarty]

Hi Ranchers,
In reply to my earlier post many had replied that Tomcat4.1.x works well with jdk1.4.x and there is no compatibility problem. Some have been using the combination since months.
I tried this today but on trying a jsp page in my application I get the following error message:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSPerror: Invalid class file format in c:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\jre\lib\rt.jar(java/lang/Object.class).  The major.minor version '48.0' is too recent for this tool to understand.
C:\Program Files\Dirname\Appname\work\localhost\appadmin\index$jsp.java:0: Class java.lang.Object not found in class javax.servlet.GenericServlet.
package org.apache.jsp;
^
2 errors

I earlier thought that the error might be due to some JRE version conflict since I had both jdk1.3 and this particular version of jdk installed on my XP machine. So I uninstalled the jsdk as well as JRE for jdk1.3, restarted my machine but alas the same error persists. Please note that the Tomcat server starts and runs well.
Any clues??
Thanks & Regards,
[ March 12, 2003: Message edited by: Debashish Chakrabarty ]

[Rene Larsen]

The error means that you are trying to run some code compiled with a newer java version then the one using now.

The major.minor version '48.0' is too recent for this tool to understand

which path is in your JAVA_HOME
Rene
[ March 12, 2003: Message edited by: Rene Larsen ]

[praveen patil]

hi deb,
set up all HOME_PATHs of JDK1.4,Tomcat,Catalina,
Jasper & include CLASSPATHs of JDK tools.jar &
Servlet.jar of Tomcat lib file. for this u can
write ur own batch file & run this before start
of Tomcat.

Praveen

[N Val]

Hi all of u!
I am having the same problem with jdk1.4.1_01 and Tomcat4.1.18
Are they both really not compatible? Do i have to download jdk1.3?
I tried all possible ways of starting the server but looks like no use.
I hit this page somewhere on the net.
http://www.moreservlets.com/Using-Tomcat-4.html#Enable-Root-Context
Do i need to do everything that's written on this page? I mean like changing the server.xml and web.xml files?
I really need help. Can anyone help me here?
Thanks in Advance.