"IllegalStateException: No original methods found" error when deploying an EJB on JBoss

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Issue

We recently upgraded to EAP 5.1.2 and we're now getting an exception when we deploy our EJB:

ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] (main, ) Error installing to Real: name=vfszip:/path/to/jboss-as/server/default/deploy/application.ear/ state=PreReal mode=Manual requiredState=Real 
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying ds-ejb-2011.12.11-SNAPSHOT.jar: No original methods found: public java.util.Collection com.example.MyBean.com$example$MyBean$getSources$aop() 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:196) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:61) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractSimpleVFSRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractSimpleVFSRealDeployer.java:56) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1454) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1172) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1225) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1113) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:826) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:556) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:789) 
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:699) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.ProfileDeployAction.install(ProfileDeployAction.java:70) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileAction.install(AbstractProfileAction.java:53) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.install(AbstractProfileService.java:403) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1652) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:938) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:988) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:778) 
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:543) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.registerProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:308) 
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:256) 
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461) 
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221) 
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556) 
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) 
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No original methods found: public java.util.Collection com.example.MyBean.com$example$MyBean$getSources$aop() 
    at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.loader.reflection.AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader.searchForRealBridgeMethodSignature(AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader.java:333) 
    at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.loader.reflection.AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader.getComponentMetaDataRetrieval(AnnotatedElementMetaDataLoader.java:187) 
    at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.context.AbstractMetaDataContext.getComponentMetaDataRetrieval(AbstractMetaDataContext.java:276) 
    at org.jboss.metadata.plugins.context.AbstractMetaDataContext.getComponentMetaDataRetrieval(AbstractMetaDataContext.java:287) 
    at org.jboss.metadata.spi.retrieval.MetaDataRetrievalToMetaDataBridge.getComponentMetaData(MetaDataRetrievalToMetaDataBridge.java:160) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.metadata.annotation.AnnotationRepositoryToMetaData.resolveAnnotation(AnnotationRepositoryToMetaData.java:379) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.aop.annotation.CachingAnnotationRepository.resolveAnnotation(CachingAnnotationRepository.java:276) 
    at org.jboss.aop.Advisor.resolveTypedAnnotation(Advisor.java:751) 
    at org.jboss.aop.Advisor.resolveAnnotation(Advisor.java:692) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.aop.BeanContainer.getAnnotation(BeanContainer.java:140) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.getAnnotation(EJBContainer.java:1550) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.getTimeoutCallback(EJBContainer.java:1144) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.initializeTimeout(StatelessContainer.java:189) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.<init>(StatelessContainer.java:119) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getStatelessContainer(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:313) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getContainers(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:206) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:720) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:671) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:653) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:616) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:493) 
    at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:182) 
    ... 35 more

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1.2

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