On the class object for org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator when I call getClasses(), it fails with the below stack - which I do catch for NoClassDefFoundError.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator$PartiallyComparableAdvisorHolder (Module "deployment.spring-greeter.war" from Service Module Loader): org/aspectj/util/PartialOrder$PartialComparable
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:763)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:839)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:424)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:519)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:339)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:126)
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:731)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:247)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:410)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:116)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredClasses0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredClasses(Class.java:1867)
at java.lang.Class$2.run(Class.java:1504)
at java.lang.Class$2.run(Class.java:1499)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.getClasses(Class.java:1498)
But i see this warn message on the console from jboss
2020-01-24 20:37:32,458 WARN [org.jboss.modules.define] (Agent-Thread) Failed to define class org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator$PartiallyComparableAdvisorHolder in Module "deployment.spring-greeter.war" from Service Module Loader: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed to link org/springframework/aop/aspectj/autoproxy/AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator$PartiallyComparableAdvisorHolder (Module "deployment.spring-greeter.war" from Service Module Loader): org/aspectj/util/PartialOrder$PartialComparableat java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:763)at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:839)at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:424)at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:519)at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:339)at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:126)at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:731)at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:247)at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:410)at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398)at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:116)at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredClasses0(Native Method)at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredClasses(Class.java:1867)at java.lang.Class$2.run(Class.java:1504)at java.lang.Class$2.run(Class.java:1499)at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)at java.lang.Class.getClasses(Class.java:1498)