Debug/Error inconsistency in exception logging

We came across a strange logging error while testing SOA 6 and it has been tracked down to the combination being used in picketlink. We see this error when DEBUG is enabled even though it is being logged at ERROR level. EAP is using picketlink-core-2.1.6.Final-redhat-2.jar.

The error is in the log as follows, when DEBUG is enabled

14:43:41,481 ERROR [org.picketlink.identity.federation] (ServerService Thread Pool – 74) PLFED000259: The provider BC could not be added: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.BouncyCastleProvider from [Module "org.picketlink:main" from local module loader @1b7ae22 (finder: local module finder @951a0 (roots: /Users/kevin/soa/jboss-eap-6.1/modules,/Users/kevin/soa/jboss-eap-6.1/modules/system/layers/soa,/Users/kevin/soa/jboss-eap-6.1/modules/system/layers/base))]

The code in question is as below.

In ProvidersUtil.addJceProvider
try

{ // Class<? extends Provider> clazz = Loader.loadClass(className, false, Provider.class); Class<? extends Provider> clazz = Class.forName(className).asSubclass(Provider.class); Provider provider = clazz.newInstance(); return addJceProvider(name, provider); }

catch (Throwable t) {
===> if (logger.isDebugEnabled())

{ logger.jceProviderCouldNotBeLoaded(name, t); }

return null;
}

In PicketLinkLoggerMessages

==> @LogMessage(level = Level.ERROR)
@Message(id = 259, value = "The provider %s could not be added")
void jceProviderCouldNotBeLoaded(String name, @Cause Throwable t);