I'm getting classloading errors (e.g. ClassCastException) when building/deploying my project with Maven

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Issue

My project uses Maven to build and/or deploy my application to JBoss. Upon deployment, I receive any number of classloading errors:

  • ClassCastException
  • NoSuchMethodError
  • NoClassDefFoundError

Why is this happening, and how can I fix it?

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