How to resolve javassist conflict between application and JBoss when using aspectj in JBoss EAP 6?

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Issue

  • An application includes javassist and uses aspectj in JBoss EAP 6.
  • ClassCastExceptions occur on Hibernate entities similar to the following:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.example.jaxws.EapTest_$$_javassist_0 cannot be cast to org.example.jaxws.EapTest
  at org.example.jaxws.HelloWorldImpl.sayHi_aroundBody2(HelloWorldImpl.java:42) [classes:]

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6

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