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Created on: 14/Dec/25 18:50
Start Date: 14/Dec/25 18:50
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URL: https://github.com/apache/struts/pull/1469#issuecomment-3651807892
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Worklog Id: (was: 996127)
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> Convention plugin fails with NoClassDefFoundError when scanning classes with
> missing dependencies
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: WW-5593
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-5593
> Project: Struts 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Plugin - Convention
> Reporter: Lukasz Lenart
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 7.2.0
>
> Time Spent: 0.5h
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> The convention plugin's {{PackageBasedActionConfigBuilder}} catches only
> {{ClassNotFoundException}} but not {{NoClassDefFoundError}} when testing
> action class candidates. This causes complete application startup failures
> instead of graceful degradation when classes have missing optional
> dependencies.
> *Impact*:
> - Application fails to start when convention plugin encounters classes with
> unavailable dependencies
> - Particularly affects users setting struts.convention.action.includeJars
> - Common during redeployment or with optional dependencies (e.g., JUnit for
> test classes)
> *Current behavior* (PackageBasedActionConfigBuilder.java:664):
> {code:java}
> } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
> LOG.error("Unable to load class [{}]", classInfo.getName(), ex);
> return false;
> }
> {code}
> *Expected behavior*:
> Should also catch NoClassDefFoundError, following the pattern used in
> DefaultClassFinder and other Struts core classes (DefaultInterceptorFactory,
> XmlDocConfigurationProvider).
> *Proposed fix*:
> {code:java}
> } catch (ClassNotFoundException | NoClassDefFoundError ex) {
> LOG.error("Unable to load class [{}]. Perhaps it exists but certain
> dependencies are not available?",
> classInfo.getName(), ex);
> return false;
> }
> {code}
> *Reproduction*:
> 1. Use convention plugin with struts.convention.action.includeJars configured
> 2. Deploy application without JUnit dependency at runtime
> 3. Convention plugin attempts to scan org.apache.struts2.XWorkTestCase
> 4. Application fails with NoClassDefFoundError instead of logging and
> continuing
> *Related classes*:
> - PackageBasedActionConfigBuilder.java (line 664)
> - DefaultClassFinder.java (correct pattern at line 283-286)
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