[SUREFIRE-1427] Surefire-plugin throws NoClassDefFoundError with static initialiser

**[Martin Gainty](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mgainty@hotmail.com)** opened **[SUREFIRE-1427](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1427?redirect=false)** and commented

when maven-surefire-plugin encounters static initialiser such as
public class AxisDescription {
org.apache.axiom.om.OMFactory omFactory = org.apache.axiom.om.OMAbstractFactory.getOMFactory();
//surefire throws NoClassDefFoundError on OMAbstractFactory ?!?!?

//but if i remove static initialiser to wait until runtime to load OMAbstractFactory it loads ok

org.apache.axis2.description.AxisDescription:
public void setDocumentation(String documentation) {
org.apache.axiom.om.OMFactory omFactory = org.apache.axiom.om.OMAbstractFactory.getOMFactory();
if (!"".equals(documentation)) {
this.documentation = omFactory.createOMText(documentation);
}
}

why does surefire not find classes referenced by static initialiser?

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**Affects:** 2.20

No repository file or test is identified; the report points to maven-surefire-plugin 2.20, AxisDescription, and OMAbstractFactory. Start by tracing the reported static-initializer class-loading failure and compare it with the runtime-initialization example; done means a reproducible diagnosis and a regression test or documented resolution.

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