2.2.3 - WebClient.create(baseAddress,List) throwing WebApplicationException

[Paul Wilton]

Hi
I have been using the 2.2.3-SNAPSHOT release for a while now.
I have wired a jaxrs WebClient in Spring(2.5.6) with the create method,
passing a base address and a JSONProvider as follows:

    <bean id="myJsonProvider"
class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.JSONProvider" >
        <property name="supportUnwrapped" value="true" />
        <property name="wrapperName" value="nodeName" />
    </bean>

    <util:list id="webClientProviders">
        <ref bean="myJsonProvider"/>
    </util:list>

    <bean id="myWebClient" class="org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient"
factory-method="create">
        <constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
value="http://some.base.url.that.responds/"; />
        <constructor-arg ref="webClientProviders" />
    </bean>

When the Spring app context loads, the WebClient throws the following
exception
Caused by: javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException
        at
org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.JAXRSClientFactoryBean.createWebClient(JAXRS
ClientFactoryBean.java:113)
        at
org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient.create(WebClient.java:110)
        at
org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient.create(WebClient.java:97)

This code has been working okay for me until just a couple of days ago.
I am not aware of anything in my code base that could have caused this
(though not ruling it out :)
Has anything changed in the CXF 2.2.3 snapshot code that might cause
this?
Any other ideas?

Thanks
Paul 
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