我遇到了同样的问题，后来我发现我是在Java版本1.4上运行应用程序，而应用程序是在版本6上编译的。

实际上，这是因为有一个重复的库，一个位于类路径中，另一个包含在位于类路径中的jar文件中。

如果这是此错误可能发生的记录，则:

我刚刚在WAS(8.5.0.1)上得到了这个错误，在CXF(2.6.0)加载spring (3.1.1_release)配置期间，BeanInstantiationException卷起一个CXF ExtensionException，卷起一个IncompatibleClassChangeError。下面的代码片段显示了堆栈跟踪的要点:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.apache.cxf.bus.spring.SpringBus]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.ExtensionException
            at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:162)
            at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:76)
            at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:990)
            ... 116 more
Caused by: org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.ExtensionException
            at org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.Extension.tryClass(Extension.java:167)
            at org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.Extension.getClassObject(Extension.java:179)
            at org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.ExtensionManagerImpl.activateAllByType(ExtensionManagerImpl.java:138)
            at org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.ExtensionManagerBus.<init>(ExtensionManagerBus.java:131)
            [etc...]
            at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:147)
            ... 118 more

Caused by: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: 
org.apache.neethi.AssertionBuilderFactory
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:284)
            [etc...]
            at com.ibm.ws.classloader.CompoundClassLoader.loadClass(CompoundClassLoader.java:586)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:658)
            at org.apache.cxf.bus.extension.Extension.tryClass(Extension.java:163)
            ... 128 more

在这种情况下，解决方案是改变war文件中模块的类路径顺序。也就是说，在WAS控制台中打开战争应用程序，并选择客户端模块。在模块配置中，将类加载设置为“parent last”。

在WAS控制台中可以找到:

应用程序->应用程序类型-> WebSphere企业应用程序 单击代表应用程序的链接(war) 点击“模块”区域下的“模块管理” 单击底层模块的链接 将“类装入器顺序”更改为“(父类最后)”。

While these answers are all correct, resolving the problem is often more difficult. It's generally the result of two mildly different versions of the same dependency on the classpath, and is almost always caused by either a different superclass than was originally compiled against being on the classpath or some import of the transitive closure being different, but generally at class instantiation and constructor invocation. (After successful class loading and ctor invocation, you'll get NoSuchMethodException or whatnot.)

如果这种行为看起来是随机的，那么它很可能是多线程程序类根据最先遇到的代码加载不同的传递依赖项的结果。

要解决这些问题，请尝试使用-verbose作为参数启动VM，然后查看异常发生时正在加载的类。你应该会看到一些令人惊讶的信息。例如，拥有相同依赖项的多个副本，以及您从未预料到的版本，或者如果您知道它们被包括在内，您就不会接受这些版本。

用Maven解决重复的jar最好是结合Maven下的Maven - Dependency - Plugin和Maven -enforcer- Plugin(或SBT的Dependency Graph Plugin)，然后将这些jar添加到顶级POM的一部分或作为SBT中的导入依赖元素(以删除这些依赖)。

好运！

请检查你的代码是否由两个具有相同类名和包定义的模块项目组成。例如，如果有人使用复制粘贴来创建基于先前实现的接口的新实现，就会发生这种情况。

由于某种原因，当使用JNI并在调用Call*Method()时传递jclass参数而不是jobject时，也会抛出相同的异常。

这与《食人魔诗篇》第33篇中的回答相似。

void example(JNIEnv *env, jobject inJavaList) {
    jclass class_List = env->FindClass("java/util/List");

    jmethodID method_size = env->GetMethodID(class_List, "size", "()I");
    long size = env->CallIntMethod(class_List, method_size); // should be passing 'inJavaList' instead of 'class_List'

    std::cout << "LIST SIZE " << size << std::endl;
}

我知道在被问到这个问题5年后再回答这个问题有点晚了，但这是搜索java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError时最热门的问题之一，所以我想记录这个特殊情况。

I have also discovered that, when using JNI, invoking a Java method from C++, if you pass parameters to the invoked Java method in the wrong order, you will get this error when you attempt to use the parameters inside the called method (because they won't be the right type). I was initially taken aback that JNI does not do this checking for you as part of the class signature checking when you invoke the method, but I assume they don't do this kind of checking because you may be passing polymorphic parameters and they have to assume you know what you are doing.

示例c++ JNI代码:

void invokeFooDoSomething() {
    jobject javaFred = FredFactory::getFred(); // Get a Fred jobject
    jobject javaFoo = FooFactory::getFoo(); // Get a Foo jobject
    jobject javaBar = FooFactory::getBar(); // Get a Bar jobject
    jmethodID methodID = getDoSomethingMethodId() // Get the JNI Method ID


    jniEnv->CallVoidMethod(javaFoo,
                           methodID,
                           javaFred, // Woops!  I switched the Fred and Bar parameters!
                           javaBar);

    // << Insert error handling code here to discover the JNI Exception >>
    //  ... This is where the IncompatibleClassChangeError will show up.
}

Java代码示例:

class Bar { ... }

class Fred {
    public int size() { ... }
} 

class Foo {
    public void doSomething(Fred aFred, Bar anotherObject) {
        if (name.size() > 0) { // Will throw a cryptic java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
            // Do some stuff...
        }
    }
}