FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_10-b03, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows XP

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When you anonymously extend a class that is selectively instantiated at runtime i get a NoClassDefFound error. I have created a simple example that shows the simlpest form to recreate.



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Using a tenaory operator to selectively initialise a static variable

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
print Hello
ACTUAL -
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test$1

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.util.*;

public class Test
{
private static final ArrayList<String> list = true ? null : new ArrayList<String>() { };

public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello");
}
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
don't use ternary operator to create static class, use a static intialiser.