[CXF-5099] Optional extensions that refer to classes that cannot be found are not treated as optional

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.11, 2.6.9, 2.7.6
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Daniel Kulp
• Reporter: Daniel Kulp
• Created: 27/Jun/13 17:36
• Updated: 14/Aug/13 15:49
• Resolved: 27/Jun/13 20:03

Description

If an extension is marked optional, if it's not loadable, CXF should continue as if the extension is not available. However, if the extension class itself is loadable, but something it requires at resolve time is not, an exception is thrown.

Example:
http://cxf.547215.n5.nabble.com/JavaToWS-throws-java-lang-NoClassDefFoundError-tt5729942.html