IncompatibleClassChangeError: org/objectweb/asm/AnnotationVisitor when deploying application on weblogic server

Question

I developed a web application using spring version 3.2.6 and as long as I am deploying it on my tomcat server everything works fine.

Now, if I try to deploy this same application on a weblogic application server I get the following:

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: org/objectweb/asm/AnnotationVisitor

I think it is related to the spring version installed on the remote weblogic server. I know I can force the server to use my classes by the following directive in the configuration xml:

<prefer-application-packages>
    <package-name>
        what do I put here?
    </package-name>

Anyway I really don't know what to set there...can you help me out?

Answer 1

Generally IncompatibleClassChangeError means that you have code changes without a recompile.

Use:

<wls:prefer-application-packages>
    <wls:package-name>org.springframework.*</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>

Or prefer-web-inf-classes

This will force weblogic to use the jar packaged in your app. If it still doesn't work, you have a separate issue.

Also check this link about JRF versions