You're looking for this on the command line (for a class called MyClass):

On Unix/Linux:

javap -verbose MyClass | grep "major" On Windows:

javap -verbose MyClass | findstr "major" You want the major version from the results. Here are some example values:

Java 1.2 uses major version 46 Java 1.3 uses major version 47 Java 1.4 uses major version 48 Java 5 uses major version 49 Java 6 uses major version 50 Java 7 uses major version 51 Java 8 uses major version 52

You're looking for this on the command line (for a class called MyClass):

On Unix/Linux:

javap -verbose MyClass | grep "major"

On Windows:

javap -verbose MyClass | findstr "major"

You want the major version from the results. Here are some example values:

• Java 1.2 uses major version 46
• Java 1.3 uses major version 47
• Java 1.4 uses major version 48
• Java 5 uses major version 49
• Java 6 uses major version 50
• Java 7 uses major version 51
• Java 8 uses major version 52