java_home environment variable should point to the location of the proper version of java installation directory, so that tomcat starts with the right version. for example it you built the project with java 1.7 , then make sure that JAVA_HOME environment variable points to the jdk 1.7 installation directory in your machine.
I had same problem , when i deploy the war in tomcat and run, the link throws the error. But pointing the variable - JAVA_HOME to jdk 1.7 resolved the issue, as my war file was built in java 1.7 environment.