JBAS011048: Failed to construct component instance ... java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not set ... x field y to x.$$$view

Issue

• We have an ear which contains an EJB and a service that invokes the EJB. When the service tries to invoke the EJB we are getting this exception below. The EJB is in a sub deployment of the ear and the client application is in another sub deployment of the ear.app

15:12:55,816 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 53) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."test-case.ear"."ClientSingleton.jar".component.ClientSingleton.START: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."test-case.ear"."ClientSingleton.jar".component.ClientSingleton.START: java.lang.IllegalStateException: JBAS011048: Failed to construct component instance
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentStartService$1.run(ComponentStartService.java:57) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: JBAS011048: Failed to construct component instance
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.constructComponentInstance(BasicComponent.java:164) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.constructComponentInstance(BasicComponent.java:135) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.createInstance(BasicComponent.java:90) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.singleton.SingletonComponent.getComponentInstance(SingletonComponent.java:122)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.singleton.SingletonComponent.start(SingletonComponent.java:137)
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentStartService$1.run(ComponentStartService.java:54) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    ... 6 more
Caused by: javax.ejb.EJBException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not set example.api.HelloWorld field example.client.ClientSingleton.helloWorld to example.api.HelloWorld$$$view3
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.tx.CMTTxInterceptor.handleExceptionInOurTx(CMTTxInterceptor.java:191)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.tx.CMTTxInterceptor.invokeInOurTx(CMTTxInterceptor.java:281)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.tx.CMTTxInterceptor.requiresNew(CMTTxInterceptor.java:353)
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.tx.LifecycleCMTTxInterceptor.processInvocation(LifecycleCMTTxInterceptor.java:66)
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.interceptors.CurrentInvocationContextInterceptor.processInvocation(CurrentInvocationContextInterceptor.java:41)
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.ContextClassLoaderInterceptor.processInvocation(ContextClassLoaderInterceptor.java:70) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.component.singleton.StartupCountDownInterceptor.processInvocation(StartupCountDownInterceptor.java:25)
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.ChainedInterceptor.processInvocation(ChainedInterceptor.java:61) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.BasicComponent.constructComponentInstance(BasicComponent.java:162) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    ... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not set example.api.HelloWorld field example.client.ClientSingleton.helloWorld to example.api.HelloWorld$$$view3
    at sun.reflect.UnsafeFieldAccessorImpl.throwSetIllegalArgumentException(UnsafeFieldAccessorImpl.java:167) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at sun.reflect.UnsafeFieldAccessorImpl.throwSetIllegalArgumentException(UnsafeFieldAccessorImpl.java:171) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at sun.reflect.UnsafeObjectFieldAccessorImpl.set(UnsafeObjectFieldAccessorImpl.java:81) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at java.lang.reflect.Field.set(Field.java:764) [rt.jar:1.8.0_102]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ManagedReferenceFieldInjectionInterceptorFactory$ManagedReferenceFieldInjectionInterceptor.processInvocation(ManagedReferenceFieldInjectionInterceptorFactory.java:108) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.WeavedInterceptor.processInvocation(WeavedInterceptor.java:53) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.ComponentInstantiatorInterceptor.processInvocation(ComponentInstantiatorInterceptor.java:76) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.WeavedInterceptor.processInvocation(WeavedInterceptor.java:53) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ee.component.NamespaceContextInterceptor.processInvocation(NamespaceContextInterceptor.java:50) [jboss-as-ee-7.5.14.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.5.14.Final-redhat-2]
    at org.jboss.invocation.InterceptorContext.proceed(InterceptorContext.java:288) [jboss-invocation-1.1.3.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.3.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.tx.CMTTxInterceptor.invokeInOurTx(CMTTxInterceptor.java:279)
    ... 22 more

The EJB looks like:

@Local(HelloWorld.class)
@Stateless(name="HelloworldBean")
public class HelloWorldBean implements HelloWorld {
...
}

The client service is injecting the EJB such as:

@Startup
@Singleton
public class ClientSingleton {

  @EJB(lookup="java:global/test-case/TestEJB/HelloworldBean!example.api.HelloWorld")
  private HelloWorld helloWorld;
...
}