Chronicle Map UnsupportedClassVersionError

I'm just trying out ChronicleMap and have run into an issue immediately, an "UnsupportedClassVersionError: Unsupported major.minor version 52.0".

I'm using Java 7... should I interpret this error to mean that Chronicle Map is compiled under Java 8? Do I need to download the source code and compile under Java 7 to fix this (would this even work)?

I'm sorry:

ChronicleMap 1.0.2 requires Java 8; we realize this is causing problems so are looking to release ChronicleMap 2.0.0a (as an alpha release) in the next few days, which will work on Java 7:

<groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
<artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0a</version>

Yes, if you were to download the source code and compile under Java 7 it will work, but you will have to build all the snapshot artifacts that it uses, or download them from:

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>Snapshot Repository</id>
        <name>Snapshot Repository</name>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
        <releases>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </releases>
    </repository>
</repositories>