Weblogic Application Deployment Fails After Applying OFSAAI 806 Patches With java.lang.LinkageError: ClassCastException Errors (Doc ID 2425093.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Application deployment is not coming to active state after applying OFSAAI 806 patches. The following errors are thrown in the Weblogic Server log:
 
ERROR

Caused By: java.lang.LinkageError: ClassCastException: attempting to castzip:/oracle/product/middleware/wlserver_12.1.3/user_projects/domains/FSDF_domain/applications/OFSAA.ear/OFSAA.war/WEB-INF/lib/javax.ws.rs-api-2.0.1.jar!/javax/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.classtojar:file:/oracle/product/middleware/wlserver_12.1.3/oracle_common/modules/jersey-core-1.18.jar!/javax/ws/rs/ext/RuntimeDelegate.class
  at javax.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate.findDelegate(RuntimeDelegate.java:116)
  at javax.ws.rs.ext.RuntimeDelegate.getInstance(RuntimeDelegate.java:91)
  at javax.ws.rs.core.EntityTag.(EntityTag.java:35)
  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:195)
  Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Apply the following patches:

N_SERIAL_NO V_PATCH_NAME V_APP_ID V_REMARKS D_APPLIED
173 28146898 PLATFORM ENHANCEMENT FOR AAI METADATA MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS 17-Jul-18
172 28033582 PLATFORM Bug 28033582 - OFS AAAI 8.0.6.0.0 COMPATIBILITY ONE-OFF PATCH RELEASE. 17-Jul-18
171 28079607 PLATFORM Bug 28079607 - PLATFORM CPP LIBRARIES ONE-OFF FOR 8.0.6 17-Jul-18
170 27938294 PLATFORM Bug 27938294 - consolidated one-off for 8.0.6.0.0 release 17-Jul-18
169 8.0.6.0.0 PLATFORM OFSAAI 8.0.6.0.0 Interim Release 17-Jul-18

2. Clear Web Server cache

3. Redeploy EAR/WAR file

Changes

 Apply Infrastructure 8.0.6 patches.

Cause

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