Pipeline Maven Integration fails due to java.lang.AbstractMethodError

Issue

Suddenly all the Pipeline builds that use Maven Integration fail with errors that look like:

java.lang.AbstractMethodError: javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.setFeature(Ljava/lang/String;Z)V
  at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.MavenSpyLogProcessor.processMavenSpyLogs(MavenSpyLogProcessor.java:83)
  at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution2$WithMavenStepExecutionCallBack.finished(WithMavenStepExecution2.java:1108)
  at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.fix.jenkins49337.GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution$TailCall.lambda$onSuccess$0(GeneralNonBlockingStepExecution.java:142)

Caused: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider for class javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory cannot be created
  at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.findServiceProvider(FactoryFinder.java:311)
  at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:267)
  at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(DocumentBuilderFactory.java:120)
  at org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.MavenSpyLogProcessor.processMavenSpyLogs(MavenSpyLogProcessor.java:74)

Environment

Resolution

Locate and uninstall the plugin that loads the outdated implementation of the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), e.g., Xerces 2.6.

Known plugins that cause the issue:

Discard Old Build. No fix available. The plugin has not been updated for six years.
Fortify 360. This plugin is not maintained and not supported by the original maintainer. Please use Fortify plugin instead.

If neither of the plugins is installed you can either:

Search through the open file descriptors to locate all the xercesImpl-*.jar files. If you see any with version 2.6.x, they are most likely the cause. The plugin id is the part of the path right after the plugins directory.
```
 /tmp/jenkins/plugins/fortify360/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl-2.6.2.jar
 /tmp/jenkins/plugins/build-pipeline-plugin/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar
 /tmp/jenkins/plugins/pipeline-aws/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl-2.12.0.jar
```

Use What Plugin is providing this class? to locate plugins loading the org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl class.

 Looking for: org/apache/xerces/jaxp/DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.class

 Found in Plugin:pipeline-aws
 jar:file:/tmp/jenkins/plugins/pipeline-aws/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl-2.12.0.jar!/org/apache/xerces/jaxp/DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.class

 Found in Plugin:discard-old-build
 jar:file:/tmp/jenkins/plugins/discard-old-build/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl-2.6.2.jar!/org/apache/xerces/jaxp/DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.class

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References

[JENKINS-47486] FactoryConfigurationError: Provider for class javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory cannot be created (was "Exceptions after running goals") [JENKINS-57833] All builds with maven pipeline plugin fail with java.lang.AbstractMethodError while parsing event spy log