InvalidClassException: <class>; incompatible types for field <fieldname>

Question

I am getting some sporadic exceptions when making polling RMI calls from one VM to another. The classpaths look consistent between VMs. I am using 64 bit java - the jres are consistent (jdk/v1.6.0_23-64bit). There is an inconsistency in the -XX:+UseCompressedOops flag & -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC between the VMs, but I am not aware if either could be a root cause?

Calling (client) VM has -XX:+UseCompressedOops & -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC set, server VM on which the getStatistics() call is made does not.

Couple points to note:-

1. After encountering the exception, subsequent calls between the same VMs are ok over a period of days - i.e. the Invalid ClassException is a transient issue.

2. [class] and [fieldname] vary each time the exception is encountered where exception is java.io.InvalidClassException: [class]; incompatible types for field [fieldname]

Is there any problem with making RMI calls (serialization) from a 64 bit VM with -XX:+UseCompressedOops to a another 64bit VM that is not set up to use compressed oops?

The stack:

java.rmi.UnmarshalException: error unmarshalling return; nested exception is:
    java.io.InvalidClassException: testserver.cluster.Status; incompatible types for field committed
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:173)
    at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invokeRemoteMethod(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:178)
    at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:132)
    at $Proxy14.getStatistics(Unknown Source)
    at testserver.rm.RM$Check.run(RM.java:1593)
Caused by: java.io.InvalidClassException: testserver.cluster.Status; incompatible types for field committed
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.matchFields(ObjectStreamClass.java:2210)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.getReflector(ObjectStreamClass.java:2105)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.initNonProxy(ObjectStreamClass.java:602)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1582)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1495)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1582)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1495)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1582)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1495)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1582)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1495)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1582)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1495)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1731)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1328)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:350)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.unmarshalValue(UnicastRef.java:306)
    at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:155)
    ... 4 more

thanks for your help

Answer 1

Just to be sure, the Class in both VMs are sharing same compiled version of the classes? Could you try re-compiling and adding same jar to both VMs.

I hope that is already taken care.