javax.script.ScriptException: sun.org.mozilla.javascript.EvaluatorException: Encountered code generation error while compiling script: generated bytecode for method exceeds 64K limit

We got this error after upgrading libreoffice as it replaced the symlink "/usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java" which was still java 6. This issue was corrected in Java 7 so replacing the symlink with the hotspot jdk7 or up should resolve the problem.