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Per the recommendation from here: WAS 8.5: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl incompatible with javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory, I've looked through all the jars and cannot find xercesImpl-2.8.1.jar. I did remove crimson_1.1.1.jar from my project but that did not alter the error (java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl incompatible with javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory). I looked for the method in question (SAXParserFactoryImpl) and found it here: C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared\plugins\org.apache.xerces_2.9.0.v200805270400.jar. Since this jar is part of the Websphere installation, how can I remove it? Or does it need to be updated with a newer version that resolves this incompatibility?

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Ok, I found the solution. With the goal of replacing crimson_1.1.1.jar, I looked for other jars (on my machine) having the class SAXParserFactoryimpl. I found it in several jars, two in particular: xercesimpl-2.8.0 and xercesimpl-2.9.1. I ultimately picked xercesimpl-2.8.0.jar because I needed to include another jar in my app, commons-fileupload-1.2.jar. When I downloaded this commons package to include it into my app, it came with xercesimpl-2.8.0.jar. So with that as the connection, I removed all references to crimson_1.1.1.jar and replaced it with xercesimpl-2.8.0.jar in my application. I also had to set my EAR's deployment descriptor (EAR > deployment descriptor > Deployment tab > Application section) to PARENT_FIRST for Classloader mode and APPLICATION for WAR classloader policy. So with the jars swapped and the deployment descriptor modified, the server started up w/o error and no longer got this incompatibility error and my application was finally working!

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