BEA-160197: Unable to load descriptor weblogic.utils.classloaders.ChangeAwareClassLoader

Error while starting the weblogic server using WLST scripts -

<Error> <J2EE> <BEA-160197> <Unable to load descriptor weblogic.utils.classloaders.ChangeAwareClassLoader@18d0f31d finder: weblogic.utils.classloaders.CodeGenClassFinder@18d0f348 annotation:


Resolution -

The session had JAVA_HOME variable set to a different JAVA installation path (compared to the Java path in the setDomainEnv.sh) and the Java versions were not matching. 
Java path used in the session can be verified by running the 'which java' command in the linux server.