Why JBoss EAP is throwing IncompatibleClassChangeError?

Issue

• Previously project was getting deployed successfully against the old JBoss EAP, but when trying to deploy to different version of JBoss EAP then getting the IncompatibleClassChangeError. For example:

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java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class org.jboss.as.jmx.PluggableMBeanServerImpl does not implement the requested interface javax.management.MBeanServerConnection
Caused by: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class org.jboss.as.jmx.PluggableMBeanServerImpl does not implement the requested interface javax.management.MBeanServerConnection
    at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.init(MBeanProxyExt.java:407) [jboss-jmx.jar:4.0.5.GA (build: CVSTag=Branch_4_0 date=200610162339)]
    at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.<init>(MBeanProxyExt.java:99) [jboss-jmx.jar:4.0.5.GA (build: CVSTag=Branch_4_0 date=200610162339)]
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