Bug 24558376 - Fix Serializer.getName to not throw java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax or jakarta inject.Named when optional inject jar is missing

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[git-p4: depot-paths = "//dev/coherence-ce/main/": change = 115834]

Author: jfialli

prj/coherence-core/src/main/java/com/tangosol/io/Serializer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
  * https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
 /**
  * The Serializer interface provides the capability of reading and writing a
  * Java object from and to an in-memory buffer.
@@ -115,7 +117,19 @@ default <T> T deserialize(ReadBuffer.BufferInput in, Class<? extends T> clazz)
      */
     default String getName()
         {
-        Named named = getClass().getAnnotation(Named.class);
+        Named named = null;
+
+        if (CLZ_INJECT_NAMED_FOUND.get())
+            {
+            try
+                {
+                named = getClass().getAnnotation(Named.class);
+                }
+            catch (NoClassDefFoundError e)
+                {
+                CLZ_INJECT_NAMED_FOUND.compareAndSet(true, false);
+                }
+            }
         return named == null ? null : named.value();
         }
 
@@ -208,4 +222,6 @@ private static <T> Map<String, SerializerFactory> loadSerializers(ServiceLoader<
             }
         return mapSerializer;
         }
+
+    static AtomicBoolean CLZ_INJECT_NAMED_FOUND = new AtomicBoolean(true);
     }

prj/test/unit/coherence-tests/src/test/java/com/tangosol/io/pof/SerializerTest.java

@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
- * http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
+ * https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
  */
 package com.tangosol.io.pof;
 
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.tangosol.util.NullImplementation;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 
 /**
 * Unit tests of custom serializer/deserialiser.
@@ -50,6 +54,22 @@ public void testSerialization ()
         azzert(cResult.getProduct().getBalance() == cResult.getBalance());
         }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultGetName()
+        {
+        try
+            {
+            // assert this no longer throws NoClassDefFoundError for optional Named.class not being found.
+            // This class implementation does not implement getName() and relies on default Serializer.getName().
+            NullImplementation.getPofContext().getName();
+            }
+        catch (NoClassDefFoundError e)
+            {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            fail("Serializer.getName() must not throw NoClassDefFoundError for optional Named.class not being found.");
+            }
+        }
+
     public static class Balance
         {
         private double m_dflBalance;