The change in serialVersionUIDs is often unintentional and happens when no explicit serialVersionUID is defined and a change is made in the class that recalculates a different implicit Id. As Thomas pointed out, we fixed those ids in SP2. We probably need to run probably something like JBoss-AS-4.2.x-CompatibilityMatrix for EAP. Rajesh could help you setup it up. http://hudson.qa.jboss.com/hudson/view/JBoss%20AS/job/JBoss-AS-4.2.x-Comp... At the same time the compatibility matrix testsuite doesn't include webservices tests, AFAIK, so this is a possible TODO item. Thomas, is there some kind of cross-version compatibility testing for WS happening already?

Fernando Nasser wrote: > Dimitirs, > > What was the idea behind the serialVersionUID change? > > How do we handle applications using EAP 4.2 client taljing to EAP 4.3 > servers (as per compatibility rules)? > > Any workarounds? > > Cheers, > Fernando > > Thomas Diesler wrote: >> This is possible. We changed the serialVersionUID as requested by >> Dimitris >> >> cheers >> -thomas >> >> [tdiesler@tddell jbossws-native-2.0.1.SP2]$ svn log -v -r4837 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> r4837 | thomas.diesler(a)jboss.com | 2007-10-21 08:40:22 +0200 (Sun, 21 >> Oct 2007) | 1 line >> Changed paths: >> >> M >> /stack/native/tags/jbossws-native-2.0.1.SP2/src/main/java/javax/xml/rpc/JAXRPCException.java >> >> >> M >> /stack/native/tags/jbossws-native-2.0.1.SP2/src/main/java/javax/xml/rpc/ServiceException.java >> >> >> M >> /stack/native/tags/jbossws-native-2.0.1.SP2/src/main/java/javax/xml/rpc/soap/SOAPFaultException.java >> >> >> M >> /stack/native/tags/jbossws-native-2.0.1.SP2/src/main/java/javax/xml/soap/SOAPException.java >> >> >> Use serialVersionUID required by the tests >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 11:57 +0100, Heiko Braun wrote: >>> something we may need to verify before the 2.0.2 release. >>> unfortunately i am stuck in meetings today and wasn't able to >>> reproduce the problem yet. >>> >>> /heiko >>> email message attachment, "Forwarded message - Re: Compatibility >>> Between CP Releases" >>>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>>> From: Fernando Nasser <fnasser(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> To: Heiko Braun <hbraun(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> Cc: Fernando Nasser <fnasser(a)redhat.com&gt;, Deepak Bhole >>>> <dbhole(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>> Subject: Re: Compatibility Between CP Releases >>>> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:23:44 -0500 >>>> >>>> Heiko Braun wrote: >>>>> so, no action item for me, right? >>>>> >>>> We need you to confirm or deny the following statement: >>>> >>>> "An application using the WS 1.2.1 client library cannot communicate >>>> with a server using the new WS 2.0.1 due to serialVersionUID mismatch" >>>> >>>> And if you say yes, is there anything we can/should do to prevent that? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Fernando >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 08:37 -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote: >>>>>> It seems to fall into this same class of problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Carlo de Wolf wrote: >>>>>>> Fernando, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On a related note: do you want this one in? >>>>>>> http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1118 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Carlo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 19:01 -0500, Fernando Nasser wrote: >>>>>>>> It seems that applications with older client libraries (like EAP >>>>>>>> 4.2) using web services may have problems communicating with new >>>>>>>> (EAP 4.3) servers because serialVersionUIDs changed between WS >>>>>>>> 1.2.1 and WS 2.0.1. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Heiko, can you confirm or deny that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ryan Campbell wrote: >>>>>>>>> Darran Lofthouse wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Do we have plans to actually perform the compatibility tests >>>>>>>>>> between the >>>>>>>>>> different CP versions to ensure none of the changes will prevent >>>>>>>>>> different versions communicating with each other? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What kinds of compatibility? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What we have: >>>>>>>>> Serialization Static Analysis - Do the serialUID's match >>>>>>>>> between versions? All classes are checked. >>>>>>>>> Interop - do legacy client libraries work with the current >>>>>>>>> server implementation? Coverage here is across several >>>>>>>>> services. See >>>>>>>>> http://cruisecontrol.jboss.com/cc/buildresults/jboss-4.2-compatibility-ma... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What we don't have: >>>>>>>>> API compatibility - we don't currently have any tests for >>>>>>>>> this. There are reporting tools for comparing API's which we >>>>>>>>> should consider for CP02, but we won't have time for CP01 since >>>>>>>>> testing starts in about a week. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ryan >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>