Hi, I added my custom jar (that includes dependencies on Jackson) to Flink classpath. It seems to be loaded just fine. But when the job starts I am getting an exception below. I am sure how to interpret the exception though and would appreciate it if somebody gives me advice on it. Thanks Alex
2020-11-20 18:34:35,643 WARN org.apache.flink.runtime.taskmanager.Task [] - Source: Custom Source -> Flat Map -> Flat Map -> Sink: Unnamed (1/1) (dcbf799dadba5d4b7e7f5af15919a4b6) switched from RUNNING to FAILED. org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTaskException: Cannot instantiate user function. at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.graph.StreamConfig .getStreamOperatorFactory(StreamConfig.java:275) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2 .jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.OperatorChain .createChainedOperator(OperatorChain.java:471) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar: 1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.OperatorChain .createOutputCollector(OperatorChain.java:393) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar: 1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.OperatorChain.<init>( OperatorChain.java:155) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.beforeInvoke( StreamTask.java:459) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.invoke(StreamTask .java:528) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskmanager.Task.doRun(Task.java:721) [flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskmanager.Task.run(Task.java:546) [flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_265] Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: cannot assign instance of java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap to field com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache._cachedDeserializers of type com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.LRUMap in instance of com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.DeserializerCache at java.io.ObjectStreamClass$FieldReflector.setObjFieldValues( ObjectStreamClass.java:2301) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.setObjFieldValues(ObjectStreamClass.java: 1431) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2372) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java: 2366) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:2290) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java: 2148) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1647) ~[?:1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:483) ~[?: 1.8.0_265] at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:441) ~[?: 1.8.0_265] at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.deserializeObject( InstantiationUtil.java:576) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.deserializeObject( InstantiationUtil.java:562) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.deserializeObject( InstantiationUtil.java:550) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.readObjectFromConfig( InstantiationUtil.java:511) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2.jar:1.11.2] at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.graph.StreamConfig .getStreamOperatorFactory(StreamConfig.java:260) ~[flink-dist_2.11-1.11.2 .jar:1.11.2] ... 8 more