org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException: WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean in JBoss EAP 6.2

Issue

We are getting this error after updating from JBoss AS 7.1.1 to JBoss EAP 6.2.0 :

12:11:38,351 SEVERE [javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.config] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 66) Critical error during deployment: : com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean [class com.jboss.examples.beans.ExampleBean] with qualifiers [@Named @Any @Default]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:376) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:216) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:156) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:60) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:93) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException: WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean [class com.jboss.examples.beans.ExampleBean] with qualifiers [@Named @Any @Default]
  at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:637) [weld-core-1.1.16.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.16.Final-redhat-1]
  at com.jboss.examples.jsf.JSFUtil.findBeanByName(JSFUtil.java:264) [example-jsf-dev.jar:dev]
  at com.jboss.examples.jsf.FacesAppListener.processEvent(FacesAppListener.java:19) [example-jsf-dev.jar:dev]
  at javax.faces.event.SystemEvent.processListener(SystemEvent.java:106) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.processListeners(ApplicationImpl.java:2161) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.invokeListenersFor(ApplicationImpl.java:2137) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:303) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at org.jboss.as.weld.webtier.jsf.ForwardingApplication.publishEvent(ForwardingApplication.java:288) [jboss-as-weld-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.publishPostConfigEvent(ConfigManager.java:601) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:370) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  ... 13 more
...
12:11:38,367 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/ctolrs]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 66) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener: java.lang.RuntimeException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean [class com.jboss.examples.beans.ExampleBean] with qualifiers [@Named @Any @Default]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:276) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.2.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.2.2.Final-redhat-1]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:156) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:60) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:93) [jboss-as-web-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) [rt.jar:1.6.0_19]
  at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean [class com.jboss.examples.beans.ExampleBean] with qualifiers [@Named @Any @Default]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:376) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:216) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  ... 12 more
Caused by: org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException: WELD-001305 The given type class org.jboss.weld.bean.ManagedBean is not a type of the bean Managed Bean [class com.jboss.examples.beans.ExampleBean] with qualifiers [@Named @Any @Default]
  at org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl.getReference(BeanManagerImpl.java:637) [weld-core-1.1.16.Final-redhat-1.jar:1.1.16.Final-redhat-1]
  at com.jboss.examples.jsf.JSFUtil.findBeanByName(JSFUtil.java:264) [example-jsf-dev.jar:dev]
  at com.jboss.examples.jsf.FacesAppListener.processEvent(FacesAppListener.java:19) [example-jsf-dev.jar:dev]
  at javax.faces.event.SystemEvent.processListener(SystemEvent.java:106) [jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec-2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.19.1.Final-redhat-1]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.processListeners(ApplicationImpl.java:2161) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.invokeListenersFor(ApplicationImpl.java:2137) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:303) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at org.jboss.as.weld.webtier.jsf.ForwardingApplication.publishEvent(ForwardingApplication.java:288) [jboss-as-weld-7.3.0.Final-redhat-14.jar:7.3.0.Final-redhat-14]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.publishPostConfigEvent(ConfigManager.java:601) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:370) [jsf-impl-2.1.19-redhat-2.jar:2.1.19-redhat-2]
  ... 13 more

I did notice that most of the references on the web we about problems with the BeanManager.getReference call, our code looks like this:

  public static <T> T findBeanByName(String beanName) {

    BeanManager bm = getBeanManager();
    Bean bean = bm.getBeans(beanName).iterator().next();
    CreationalContext ctx = bm.createCreationalContext(bean);
    Object o = bm.getReference(bean, bean.getClass(), ctx);
    return (T) o;
  }