[WSS-244] Loading of Signature and Encryption property files not trimming trailing whitespace - Leads to ClassNotFoundException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.8
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.9, 1.6
• Component/s: WSS4J Core
• Assignee: Colm O hEigeartaigh
• Reporter: Zack Jones
• Created: 26/Aug/10 13:15
• Updated: 12/Sep/10 17:35
• Resolved: 12/Sep/10 17:35

Description

I was getting a "org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin Not Found" error while trying to configure the WSS4J interceptors. I found a post with no resolution here:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox//cxf-users/201003.mbox/[e-mail]%3E

I think what this user was experiencing is the same as I was seeing in my case.

It turned out that I had a trailing space after:

org.apache.ws.security.crypto.provider=org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin

which was causing the class to not be found.