JBoss java.io.InvalidClassException: org.jboss.security.auth.callback.SecurityAssociationHandler; class invalid for deserialization

Just in case someone got this error:

java.io.InvalidClassException:
org.jboss.security.auth.callback.SecurityAssociationHandler;
org.jboss.security.auth.callback.SecurityAssociationHandler;
class invalid for deserialization

(Line breaks added for readability).

I got this when deploying an EJB3 application that uses Hibernate 3 to JBoss Application Server version 5.1.0.GA. It also said:

Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.RuntimeException:
failed on MarshalledValue

(Line breaks added for readability).

Semi-useful, if you're in a mood for euphemisms.

The problem

JBossSX (which is a security framework) is a dependency coming from my jboss-as-ejb3 dependency (it's a Maven project that I'm creating).

jboss-as-ejb3 mixes up its jbosssx dependencies - it asks for 3 different versions (2.0.2.SP1, 2.0.2.SP2, 2.0.3.SP1). The earlier versions are known to have caused problems.

The fix

Therefore I decided to overwrite those Maven dependencies with my own. In other words, in my pom.xml, I added this:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>jbosssx</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.3.SP1</version>
        </dependency>

It is explicitly provided by me and overrules the other ones. Fixed!

JBoss 5, EJB3 + Hibernate Maven pom.xml

That's the entire pom.xml file:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
        http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>nl.novadoc.sample</groupId>
    <artifactId>ejb</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>ejb Maven Webapp</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
            <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.0</version>
            <type>jar</type>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.jbossas</groupId>
            <artifactId>jboss-as-ejb3</artifactId>
            <version>5.1.0.GA</version>
            <type>jar</type>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.jboss.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>jbosssx</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.3.SP1</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <finalName>hibejb</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.0.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.5</source>
                    <target>1.5</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>jboss-maven2</id>
            <url>http://repository.jboss.com/maven2</url>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
</project>

I hope this helps if someone is in need.

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